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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... important and sacred marks of kings . This headdress is more complex than the forms used on the Cerros masks and on ... important title that in some of its forms contained a direct reference to the genitals of the king . The early date ...
... important and sacred marks of kings . This headdress is more complex than the forms used on the Cerros masks and on ... important title that in some of its forms contained a direct reference to the genitals of the king . The early date ...
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... important wives whose names and portraits appeared with his . Yet a third wife's name appeared when his son Bird Jaguar became king and recorded his own parentage . Bird Jaguar , then , may not have been the son of the most important ...
... important wives whose names and portraits appeared with his . Yet a third wife's name appeared when his son Bird Jaguar became king and recorded his own parentage . Bird Jaguar , then , may not have been the son of the most important ...
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... 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 city . At Copan , the main ...
... 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 city . At Copan , the main ...
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