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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... shell beard , but he lacks the fishfin of the GI form discussed above . His name , as recorded on pottery , is Chac - Xib - Chac ( Fig . 32c ) .55 shell earflare shell diadem blood stone FIGURE 32 shell diadem Cauac marking human head with ...
... shell beard , but he lacks the fishfin of the GI form discussed above . His name , as recorded on pottery , is Chac - Xib - Chac ( Fig . 32c ) .55 shell earflare shell diadem blood stone FIGURE 32 shell diadem Cauac marking human head with ...
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... shell 7.7 x 7.1 cm The Art Museum , Princeton University Gift of Gillett G. Griffin This shell exemplifies the silhouette style of carving that employs cutout latticework for the main con- tours of the image . Here the image is a day ...
... shell 7.7 x 7.1 cm The Art Museum , Princeton University Gift of Gillett G. Griffin This shell exemplifies the silhouette style of carving that employs cutout latticework for the main con- tours of the image . Here the image is a day ...
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... shell surface . he scattered The face of the god was teased out of the spiral end of the conch with one spicule serving as the nose and a finger hole as an eye . Cinnabar- enhanced lines complete the remaining facial fea- tures . The ...
... shell surface . he scattered The face of the god was teased out of the spiral end of the conch with one spicule serving as the nose and a finger hole as an eye . Cinnabar- enhanced lines complete the remaining facial fea- tures . The ...
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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