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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... living , is staggering to contemplate . It is now possible to show the Maya were a real people , who lived , loved , hated , created , possessed and destroyed in a manner characteristic of human beings . A synthe- sis of new information ...
... living , is staggering to contemplate . It is now possible to show the Maya were a real people , who lived , loved , hated , created , possessed and destroyed in a manner characteristic of human beings . A synthe- sis of new information ...
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... living beings moving against the backdrop of a living cosmos . Celestial bodies were the visible manifestations of the Hero Twins and gods of all sorts . The darkening of the sun in an eclipse was perceived as a form of dying from which ...
... living beings moving against the backdrop of a living cosmos . Celestial bodies were the visible manifestations of the Hero Twins and gods of all sorts . The darkening of the sun in an eclipse was perceived as a form of dying from which ...
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... living world . The definition of the human community in all of its mani- festations — from the role of the nobility to the maintenance of agricultural produc- tions were rationally explained in a living cosmos that is dramatically ...
... living world . The definition of the human community in all of its mani- festations — from the role of the nobility to the maintenance of agricultural produc- tions were rationally explained in a living cosmos that is dramatically ...
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