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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... Maya had been contemporaries of the Aztecs . Basing his views on their art and inscrip- tions , Stephens believed that Maya civilization was independent of other Mesoamerican cultures ; he did assume that they shared what we would call ...
... Maya had been contemporaries of the Aztecs . Basing his views on their art and inscrip- tions , Stephens believed that Maya civilization was independent of other Mesoamerican cultures ; he did assume that they shared what we would call ...
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... Maya glyphs and art . Although it focused on the inscriptions at Piedras Negras , her work showed beyond a doubt ... civilization emerge ? For most of the century , and because of observation of the modern Maya , the notion of small ...
... Maya glyphs and art . Although it focused on the inscriptions at Piedras Negras , her work showed beyond a doubt ... civilization emerge ? For most of the century , and because of observation of the modern Maya , the notion of small ...
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... Maya civilization was in place by 100 B.C. The origins of Classic Maya civilization are now shown to conform chronologically to the rest of Mesoamerica , and are confirmed to be contemporary with developments in central Mexico and ...
... Maya civilization was in place by 100 B.C. The origins of Classic Maya civilization are now shown to conform chronologically to the rest of Mesoamerica , and are confirmed to be contemporary with developments in central Mexico and ...
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