The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya ArtKimbell Art Museum, 1986 - 335 pages An illustrated study of the Maya civilization, drawing from interpretations of the texts embedded in pictorial scenes or carved on stone tablets to provide the meaning of the art and architecture of the ancient culture. |
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... rite that will eventually include captive sacrifice . She pulls a thorn - lined rope through the wound in her perforated tongue , letting the rope fall into a woven basket full of blood- spotted paper strips . Lady Xoc's lips and cheeks ...
... rite that will eventually include captive sacrifice . She pulls a thorn - lined rope through the wound in her perforated tongue , letting the rope fall into a woven basket full of blood- spotted paper strips . Lady Xoc's lips and cheeks ...
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... rite - among them Chac- Xib - Chac - climb the Serpent's body and emerge from its mouth . The image on the Hauberg Stela , considered in light of information from its text , yields important insights into the early definition of ...
... rite - among them Chac- Xib - Chac - climb the Serpent's body and emerge from its mouth . The image on the Hauberg Stela , considered in light of information from its text , yields important insights into the early definition of ...
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... rite . During both the Early and the Late Classic periods , this rite is recorded either in images or inscriptions at most sites ; around a.D. 780 , however , the Maya of the central Peten began depicting it in a new way ( Fig . IV.2 ) ...
... rite . During both the Early and the Late Classic periods , this rite is recorded either in images or inscriptions at most sites ; around a.D. 780 , however , the Maya of the central Peten began depicting it in a new way ( Fig . IV.2 ) ...
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The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accession ahau appears architectural Art Museum ball ballcourt ballgame ballplayers belt Bird Jaguar bloodletting body Bonampak cahal captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume Cylindrical vessel death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine front glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery incised inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum king Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Leiden Plaque Lintel Long Count lord Lowlands maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica monuments moon Olmec Pacal painted Palenque panel Pauahtun pectoral personified Piedras Negras Pilas PLATE Popol Vuh portrait recorded rite ritual ruler sacrifice scene scribes sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Tlaloc Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warriors water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic