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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... Lowland Maya had experimented with the stela , adding it to their expressive repertoire as a major narrative format by the second century A.D. The Hauberg Stela ( Pl . 66 ) , the earliest known dated Lowland Maya monument , is inscribed ...
... Lowland Maya had experimented with the stela , adding it to their expressive repertoire as a major narrative format by the second century A.D. The Hauberg Stela ( Pl . 66 ) , the earliest known dated Lowland Maya monument , is inscribed ...
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... Lowland areas of the Peten and Belize . At this time , the Lowland Maya groups seem to have gained access to long distance trade while simultaneously developing intensive agricultural techniques . As a result , a de facto elite was ...
... Lowland areas of the Peten and Belize . At this time , the Lowland Maya groups seem to have gained access to long distance trade while simultaneously developing intensive agricultural techniques . As a result , a de facto elite was ...
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... Lowland cultural development was available , dates associated with the Highland sites were consistently earlier than Lowland dates , and this sharing of traits was taken as evidence that Maya civilization was developed first in the ...
... Lowland cultural development was available , dates associated with the Highland sites were consistently earlier than Lowland dates , and this sharing of traits was taken as evidence that Maya civilization was developed first in 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 glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human imagery inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum king Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Leiden Plaque Lintel Long Count lord Lowland maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica Mexico Late Classic 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 Tlaloc Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warrior water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic