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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... ball without touching it with their hands and to make contact with markers or rings . The players took positions like modern soccer players when they controlled the ball with the lower leg or upper arm . To keep the ball from hitting ...
... ball without touching it with their hands and to make contact with markers or rings . The players took positions like modern soccer players when they controlled the ball with the lower leg or upper arm . To keep the ball from hitting ...
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... ball over the walls of the court into the underbrush , and the rabbit , impersonating the ball , bounced away , leading the lords of Xibalba on a merry chase . Xbalanque took advantage of the distraction to retrieve his brother's head ...
... ball over the walls of the court into the underbrush , and the rabbit , impersonating the ball , bounced away , leading the lords of Xibalba on a merry chase . Xbalanque took advantage of the distraction to retrieve his brother's head ...
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... ball ( Pl . 103 ) . On Stela D , made during 18 Rabbit's reign at Copan , a ball of chert naturally occurring in the limestone was left in the carving and a coefficient of 18 was placed in front of it , to be read 18 Ball , instead of ...
... ball ( Pl . 103 ) . On Stela D , made during 18 Rabbit's reign at Copan , a ball of chert naturally occurring in the limestone was left in the carving and a coefficient of 18 was placed in front of it , to be read 18 Ball , instead of ...
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