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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... inscriptions is limited , as is the visual imagery . Certain verbs occur again and again . Accession , bloodletting , success in battle - these are the events celebrated by Maya kings across the Lowlands for one thousand years . Other ...
... inscriptions is limited , as is the visual imagery . Certain verbs occur again and again . Accession , bloodletting , success in battle - these are the events celebrated by Maya kings across the Lowlands for one thousand years . Other ...
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... inscriptions on the sarcophagus from the Temple of Inscrip- tions at Palenque ; he demonstrated that some of the glyphs named the ten figures pictured on its sides . This was the first identification of names in Classic inscriptions and ...
... inscriptions on the sarcophagus from the Temple of Inscrip- tions at Palenque ; he demonstrated that some of the glyphs named the ten figures pictured on its sides . This was the first identification of names in Classic inscriptions and ...
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... inscriptions , a most important breakthrough , has led to the establishment of the descent lines of many sites . At Palenque , for example , it has been possible to reconstruct twelve generations of kings.7 The discovery that inscriptions ...
... inscriptions , a most important breakthrough , has led to the establishment of the descent lines of many sites . At Palenque , for example , it has been possible to reconstruct twelve generations of kings.7 The discovery that inscriptions ...
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