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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... suggests that the Middle Preclassic Maya led a rich and complex ritual life , they did not create public art as a major form of cultural expression . Sophisticated visual symbolism on pottery and architecture of Middle Preclassic period ...
... suggests that the Middle Preclassic Maya led a rich and complex ritual life , they did not create public art as a major form of cultural expression . Sophisticated visual symbolism on pottery and architecture of Middle Preclassic period ...
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... suggest that their great palatial compounds were the setting for dramatic rituals . Palace structures , which were the ... suggests that this may have been the setting for official recep- tions ; sweat baths , places for ritual cleansing ...
... suggest that their great palatial compounds were the setting for dramatic rituals . Palace structures , which were the ... suggests that this may have been the setting for official recep- tions ; sweat baths , places for ritual cleansing ...
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... suggests that it is a verb related to blood- letting . The final glyph , a title suggesting " the well- endowed man , " probably refers to the protagonist of the event . Perhaps when it was recarved , this plaque was cut down at the ...
... suggests that it is a verb related to blood- letting . The final glyph , a title suggesting " the well- endowed man , " probably refers to the protagonist of the event . Perhaps when it was recarved , this plaque was cut down at the ...
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