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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... BALLGAME T PERHAPS he Maya ballgame is a SUBJECT OF ENDLESS FASCINATION , because elements of the game are familiar yet shrouded in mystery . It was a dangerous sport that required the skillful manipulation of a heavy rubber ball and ...
... BALLGAME T PERHAPS he Maya ballgame is a SUBJECT OF ENDLESS FASCINATION , because elements of the game are familiar yet shrouded in mystery . It was a dangerous sport that required the skillful manipulation of a heavy rubber ball and ...
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... ballgame among the Classic Maya . During the 1920s mapping projects at several Classic Maya cities first demonstrated that the distinctive ballcourt layout was found among the Clas- sic Maya and that the game was certainly played before ...
... ballgame among the Classic Maya . During the 1920s mapping projects at several Classic Maya cities first demonstrated that the distinctive ballcourt layout was found among the Clas- sic Maya and that the game was certainly played before ...
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... ballgame , enacting the roles of the demigods they emulated . The defeat of the opposition by victorious Maya kings , dressed as warriors or deities , was recast in stone as combat with death , darkness , and the Underworld . The actual ...
... ballgame , enacting the roles of the demigods they emulated . The defeat of the opposition by victorious Maya kings , dressed as warriors or deities , was recast in stone as combat with death , darkness , and the Underworld . The actual ...
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