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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... supernatural power . The imagery of art was a symbolic language that depicted both the historical actions of kings and the supernatural framework of the cosmos that gave those actions sacred purpose . The Maya Universe , in which ...
... supernatural power . The imagery of art was a symbolic language that depicted both the historical actions of kings and the supernatural framework of the cosmos that gave those actions sacred purpose . The Maya Universe , in which ...
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... supernatural realm , also bear god markings that reflect their status . Zoomorphs may display human or animal characteristics , but their appearance is not naturalistic . Their overall form may derive from a particular animal - such as ...
... supernatural realm , also bear god markings that reflect their status . Zoomorphs may display human or animal characteristics , but their appearance is not naturalistic . Their overall form may derive from a particular animal - such as ...
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... supernatural side of ritual . That is , the image shows what the ritual caused to happen . By invoking that happening , it transforms a lump of modeled clay , a simple container , into a tool of ritual power . It matters little that ...
... supernatural side of ritual . That is , the image shows what the ritual caused to happen . By invoking that happening , it transforms a lump of modeled clay , a simple container , into a tool of ritual power . It matters little that ...
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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