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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... Mesoamerica , a term designating a cultural and historical context as well as a geographical region.1 The societies identified as Mesoamerican share a number of features : the 260 - day cal- endar ; various elements of religion ...
... Mesoamerica , a term designating a cultural and historical context as well as a geographical region.1 The societies identified as Mesoamerican share a number of features : the 260 - day cal- endar ; various elements of religion ...
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... Mesoamerica , and are confirmed to be contemporary with developments in central Mexico and Oaxaca . The first great phase of Mesoamerican cultural history , the Preclassic , cor- responds in general to the emergence of civilization in ...
... Mesoamerica , and are confirmed to be contemporary with developments in central Mexico and Oaxaca . The first great phase of Mesoamerican cultural history , the Preclassic , cor- responds in general to the emergence of civilization in ...
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... Mesoamerica were using Olmec symbols in their own art and the stela was in use in the Chiapas and Guatemalan Highlands . By 100 B.C. the stela had become the dominant format among the peoples living at Izapa , Kaminaljuyu , El Baul ...
... Mesoamerica were using Olmec symbols in their own art and the stela was in use in the Chiapas and Guatemalan Highlands . By 100 B.C. the stela had become the dominant format among the peoples living at Izapa , Kaminaljuyu , El Baul ...
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