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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Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller Justin Kerr. the color of blood or in blood symbols . In the Maya view , none of these behaviors was bizarre or exotic but necessary to sustain the world . To speak of the Maya ...
Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller Justin Kerr. the color of blood or in blood symbols . In the Maya view , none of these behaviors was bizarre or exotic but necessary to sustain the world . To speak of the Maya ...
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Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller Justin Kerr. humans could see altogether too well . Man " understood everything perfectly , " so the gods sought to limit his ... MAYA ART 33 The Characteristics of Maya Art.
Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller Justin Kerr. humans could see altogether too well . Man " understood everything perfectly , " so the gods sought to limit his ... MAYA ART 33 The Characteristics of Maya Art.
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Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller Justin Kerr. MAYA GODS AND ICONS MAYA AYA ART WAS A COMPLEX SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE WITH PROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT social functions . It was mainly commissioned by kings and other high ...
Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller Justin Kerr. MAYA GODS AND ICONS MAYA AYA ART WAS A COMPLEX SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE WITH PROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT social functions . It was mainly commissioned by kings and other high ...
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