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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... warriors did not take their captives easily but , rather , through aggressive hand - to - hand combat , after which , captured warriors were stripped of their battle finery and led back to the city of the victors . In rituals that ...
... warriors did not take their captives easily but , rather , through aggressive hand - to - hand combat , after which , captured warriors were stripped of their battle finery and led back to the city of the victors . In rituals that ...
Page 214
... warriors in bird suits often fall prey to those in feline cos- tume . In fact , the frequent occurrence of bird costumes worn by defeated warriors sug- gests that they symbolize defeat . The Aztecs believed that the current era had been ...
... warriors in bird suits often fall prey to those in feline cos- tume . In fact , the frequent occurrence of bird costumes worn by defeated warriors sug- gests that they symbolize defeat . The Aztecs believed that the current era had been ...
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... warriors . Like many other Jaina warriors , he wears what is probably elaborate face paint styled in intricate patterns on his brow . He has donned the warrior's sleeveless xicolli , whose design here would appear to be the conflation ...
... warriors . Like many other Jaina warriors , he wears what is probably elaborate face paint styled in intricate patterns on his brow . He has donned the warrior's sleeveless xicolli , whose design here would appear to be the conflation ...
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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