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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... century , the Maya , now desperate , began forced migrations north to the Yucatan , where the " New Empire " was founded during the Early Postclassic period . Civilization thrived there at Chichen Itza , particularly in the tenth and ...
... century , the Maya , now desperate , began forced migrations north to the Yucatan , where the " New Empire " was founded during the Early Postclassic period . Civilization thrived there at Chichen Itza , particularly in the tenth and ...
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... century , many of Stephens's ideas were lost to scholars . By the end of the century , the notion of a peaceful Maya civilization had begun to grow because little progress had been made in determining the meaning of the carved monuments ...
... century , many of Stephens's ideas were lost to scholars . By the end of the century , the notion of a peaceful Maya civilization had begun to grow because little progress had been made in determining the meaning of the carved monuments ...
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... century . While warfare was prominent in Maya records throughout the Late Classic period , in the late eighth century , its documentation changed in scale and purpose . War became an event that served individuals rather than systems and ...
... century . While warfare was prominent in Maya records throughout the Late Classic period , in the late eighth century , its documentation changed in scale and purpose . War became an event that served individuals rather than systems and ...
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