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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... Lowlands creates a distinct topography and spe- cial conditions . In the southern Lowlands , where rainfall can be as high as 160 inches a year , water drains toward the Gulf and the Caribbean in great river systems . As the yearly ...
... Lowlands creates a distinct topography and spe- cial conditions . In the southern Lowlands , where rainfall can be as high as 160 inches a year , water drains toward the Gulf and the Caribbean in great river systems . As the yearly ...
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... Lowlands , the Maya began building large population centers ruled by elite groups . In the Lowlands , long - resident populations replaced their villages with massive build- ings , some of the largest ever built in the Precolumbian ...
... Lowlands , the Maya began building large population centers ruled by elite groups . In the Lowlands , long - resident populations replaced their villages with massive build- ings , some of the largest ever built in the Precolumbian ...
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... Lowland dates , and this sharing of traits was taken as evidence that Maya civilization was developed first in the Highlands and lent to the Lowlands . With new evidence from Cerros , Copan , El Mirador and Lamanai , joined to that from ...
... Lowland dates , and this sharing of traits was taken as evidence that Maya civilization was developed first in the Highlands and lent to the Lowlands . With new evidence from Cerros , Copan , El Mirador and Lamanai , joined to that from ...
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