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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... Guatemala and Chichen Itza in the Yucatan to test theories about the Maya , and he embarked on a campaign of explora- tion to document all Maya ruins and inscriptions , a project that eventually led to the discovery of many new sites ...
... Guatemala and Chichen Itza in the Yucatan to test theories about the Maya , and he embarked on a campaign of explora- tion to document all Maya ruins and inscriptions , a project that eventually led to the discovery of many new sites ...
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... Guatemala , " American Antiquity 42 ( 1977 ) , pp . 28-60 . 8. In 1864 , J. A. Von Braem , a Dutch engineer , found the Leiden Plaque in a cache while cutting a canal northeast of Puerto Barrios , Guatemala . Morley tried , but failed ...
... Guatemala , " American Antiquity 42 ( 1977 ) , pp . 28-60 . 8. In 1864 , J. A. Von Braem , a Dutch engineer , found the Leiden Plaque in a cache while cutting a canal northeast of Puerto Barrios , Guatemala . Morley tried , but failed ...
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... Guatemala at the time of the Conquest , which differ from those of the Classic period only in their I- shaped form . Court walls were not so high that an occasional wild ball could not escape its confines , and the ball itself may ...
... Guatemala at the time of the Conquest , which differ from those of the Classic period only in their I- shaped form . Court walls were not so high that an occasional wild ball could not escape its confines , and the ball itself may ...
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