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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... zoomorphic ( Fig . 32 ) . In addition to the shell earflares , he wears a shell diadem , and his long hair is gathered up atop head and falls forward in a loop . His body features are reptilian ; his arms , legs and body are marked by ...
... zoomorphic ( Fig . 32 ) . In addition to the shell earflares , he wears a shell diadem , and his long hair is gathered up atop head and falls forward in a loop . His body features are reptilian ; his arms , legs and body are marked by ...
Page 125
... zoomorphic head ; a T - shaped monster's mouth ; an Ik spirit pectoral ; single or double bars ( Pl . 36c ) . All but the bar pectorals have tied rattlesnakes draped over the top and bead strings hanging below . The figures of Altar Q ...
... zoomorphic head ; a T - shaped monster's mouth ; an Ik spirit pectoral ; single or double bars ( Pl . 36c ) . All but the bar pectorals have tied rattlesnakes draped over the top and bead strings hanging below . The figures of Altar Q ...
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... zoomorphic head profile view Ik AB bars found with the names of Late Classic Copan kings . Perhaps the Altar Q portraits refer to a lineage succession and thus include only people directly re- lated to each other , while the Temple 11 ...
... zoomorphic head profile view Ik AB bars found with the names of Late Classic Copan kings . Perhaps the Altar Q portraits refer to a lineage succession and thus include only people directly re- lated to each other , while the Temple 11 ...
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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