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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... Classic Maya elite ; and the much - lamented Jeffrey Miller , who died early in his career , did the same with his extremely important study of the iconography and epigraphy of mirrors , which were manipulated and used by Classic rulers ...
... Classic Maya elite ; and the much - lamented Jeffrey Miller , who died early in his career , did the same with his extremely important study of the iconography and epigraphy of mirrors , which were manipulated and used by Classic rulers ...
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... Classic Maya civilization emerge ? For most of the century , and because of observation of the modern Maya , the notion of small populations supported by slash - and - burn agriculture had thrived - in notable contrast to ... ANCIENT MAYA 25.
... Classic Maya civilization emerge ? For most of the century , and because of observation of the modern Maya , the notion of small populations supported by slash - and - burn agriculture had thrived - in notable contrast to ... ANCIENT MAYA 25.
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... Classic Maya . During the 1920s mapping projects at several Classic Maya cities first demonstrated that the distinctive ballcourt layout was found among the Clas- sic Maya and that the game was certainly played before the Toltec era ...
... Classic Maya . During the 1920s mapping projects at several Classic Maya cities first demonstrated that the distinctive ballcourt layout was found among the Clas- sic Maya and that the game was certainly played before the Toltec era ...
Table des matières
Introduction | 6 |
Chapters | 63 |
Kingship and the Rites of Accession | 103 |
Droits d'auteur | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
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 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