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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18 cm The Trustees of The British Museum, London This exquisite earflare,
discovered in a Late Preclassic tomb in southern Belize, is one of few recovered
examples of the large type of earflare. It is incised with four texts arranged on
opposite ...
18 cm The Trustees of The British Museum, London This exquisite earflare,
discovered in a Late Preclassic tomb in southern Belize, is one of few recovered
examples of the large type of earflare. It is incised with four texts arranged on
opposite ...
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PLATE 28 Cylindrical vessel, Olmec flame design Burial VH1-27, Copan,
Hunduras Middle Preclassic period, 800-600 B.C. Incised ceramic (red clay)
Diam. 11.5 x H. 6 cm Instituto Hondureno de Antropologia e Historia,
Tegucigalpa, ...
PLATE 28 Cylindrical vessel, Olmec flame design Burial VH1-27, Copan,
Hunduras Middle Preclassic period, 800-600 B.C. Incised ceramic (red clay)
Diam. 11.5 x H. 6 cm Instituto Hondureno de Antropologia e Historia,
Tegucigalpa, ...
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PLATE 59 Conch shell with scene of a smoking lord Late Classic period, A.D.
600-800 Incised shell H. 26.5cm The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb
Collection Puffing away on a thin cigar of native American tobacco, nicotiana ...
PLATE 59 Conch shell with scene of a smoking lord Late Classic period, A.D.
600-800 Incised shell H. 26.5cm The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb
Collection Puffing away on a thin cigar of native American tobacco, nicotiana ...
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Table des matières
Foreword Emily Sano ix | 1 |
Chapters | 63 |
Kingship and the Rites of Accession | 103 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller,Justin Kerr,Kimbell Art Museum Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller,Justin Kerr,Kimbell Art Museum 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 artist 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 Cylindrical vessel death depicted Dresden Codex dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine Floyd Lounsbury glyph glyphic gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery incised inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Lintel Long Count lord Lowlands maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica monuments Olmec Pacal painted Palenque panel 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 warriors water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic