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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... Tikal / Yax - Pac accedes at Copan Heian - Kyo becomes Japanese capitol 18 - Rabbit of Copan captured / Dos Pilas tries to establish a regional Florescence begins at Caracol Lintel 12 event at Piedras Negras Emperor Justinian builds ...
... Tikal / Yax - Pac accedes at Copan Heian - Kyo becomes Japanese capitol 18 - Rabbit of Copan captured / Dos Pilas tries to establish a regional Florescence begins at Caracol Lintel 12 event at Piedras Negras Emperor Justinian builds ...
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... Tikal , various images are shown floating in the top portion of these monu- ments , above the heads of the rulers portrayed . On Stela 31 , a monument of the ruler Stormy Sky , this floating image wears as its headdress the name of Curl ...
... Tikal , various images are shown floating in the top portion of these monu- ments , above the heads of the rulers portrayed . On Stela 31 , a monument of the ruler Stormy Sky , this floating image wears as its headdress the name of Curl ...
Page 121
... Tikal . However , the inscrip- tions of Tikal record that a ruler named Jaguar Paw was ruling that city both three years earlier and 56 years later than the Leiden date . If these two royal names refer to the same person , then Tikal ...
... Tikal . However , the inscrip- tions of Tikal record that a ruler named Jaguar Paw was ruling that city both three years earlier and 56 years later than the Leiden date . If these two royal names refer to the same person , then Tikal ...
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