The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya ArtAn 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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... Maize God The Maize God is a handsome young man at the peak of his strength and beauty . Maize leaves and often an ear of corn spring from the top of his head ( Fig . 44 ) . In the Early Classic period , he was marked by a line - and ...
... Maize God The Maize God is a handsome young man at the peak of his strength and beauty . Maize leaves and often an ear of corn spring from the top of his head ( Fig . 44 ) . In the Early Classic period , he was marked by a line - and ...
Page 144
... maize . Maize and blood were identified as the most potent substances by the Maya . Man's flesh was maize , transformed by the blood offerings of deities into human substance . Maize was the essence of the Maya , and also the staff of ...
... maize . Maize and blood were identified as the most potent substances by the Maya . Man's flesh was maize , transformed by the blood offerings of deities into human substance . Maize was the essence of the Maya , and also the staff of ...
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... Maize God that lies in the plate , together with the three most common blades of sacrifice - a flint knife , a stingray spine , and an obsidian blade - associate bloodletting with maize . The sacrificial image on this plate relates ...
... Maize God that lies in the plate , together with the three most common blades of sacrifice - a flint knife , a stingray spine , and an obsidian blade - associate bloodletting with maize . The sacrificial image on this plate relates ...
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accession ahau appears architectural Art Museum ball ballcourt ballgame ballplayers belt Bird Jaguar blood bloodletting body Bonampak cahal captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine Floyd Lounsbury glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery 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 scroll sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warrior water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic