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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... Ballcourt Tikal , Guatemala Late Classic period , ca. A.D. 725-775 Three ballcourts are known at Tikal . The smallest but most important one is lodged between Temple I and the Central Acropolis , uniting the funerary pyramid of Ruler A ...
... Ballcourt Tikal , Guatemala Late Classic period , ca. A.D. 725-775 Three ballcourts are known at Tikal . The smallest but most important one is lodged between Temple I and the Central Acropolis , uniting the funerary pyramid of Ruler A ...
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... ballcourt rituals were an important activ- ity in the lives of the elite . At Tikal , a small ballcourt ( Fig . VI.4 ) is wedged between the Central Acropolis , the main palace , and Temple I , the most important funerary temple in the ...
... ballcourt rituals were an important activ- ity in the lives of the elite . At Tikal , a small ballcourt ( Fig . VI.4 ) is wedged between the Central Acropolis , the main palace , and Temple I , the most important funerary temple in the ...
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... Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras FIGURE VI.11 South Marker Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras Rabbit was captured , a new king was installed at Copan . Quirigua kept 18 Rabbit hostage for many years and may have sacrificed him in a ...
... Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras FIGURE VI.11 South Marker Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras Rabbit was captured , a new king was installed at Copan . Quirigua kept 18 Rabbit hostage for many years and may have sacrificed him in a ...
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