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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... Pilas Stela 17. PLATE 2a Three blue heads , each with blue celt - shaped ob- jects hanging below them and a red knot ... Pilas Stela 17. Like that ruler , he probably once held a God K scepter in his right hand , to balance the round ...
... Pilas Stela 17. PLATE 2a Three blue heads , each with blue celt - shaped ob- jects hanging below them and a red knot ... Pilas Stela 17. Like that ruler , he probably once held a God K scepter in his right hand , to balance the round ...
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... Pilas campaign against Seibal is clear : the king of Seibal fell prey to the king of Dos Pilas . 11 At one Maya site after another , king after king displayed his victims for others to observe and admire . Captives are shown on stairs ...
... Pilas campaign against Seibal is clear : the king of Seibal fell prey to the king of Dos Pilas . 11 At one Maya site after another , king after king displayed his victims for others to observe and admire . Captives are shown on stairs ...
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... Pilas , who reigned from A. D. 726 to 740. Records of conquest indicate that one after another , neighboring sites fell under his sway , their petty rulers kept hostage , which gave a single potentate control of the entire Petexbatun ...
... Pilas , who reigned from A. D. 726 to 740. Records of conquest indicate that one after another , neighboring sites fell under his sway , their petty rulers kept hostage , which gave a single potentate control of the entire Petexbatun ...
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