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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... ballplayers as deflectors inserted in the yoke . They may also have functioned as markers of some sort , against which points could have been scored . This ex- tremely beautiful example , carved in the form of a Maya head , is probably ...
... ballplayers as deflectors inserted in the yoke . They may also have functioned as markers of some sort , against which points could have been scored . This ex- tremely beautiful example , carved in the form of a Maya head , is probably ...
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... ballplayer figurine Late Classic period , A.D. 700-900 Ceramic with traces of pigment 14.3 x 12 cm Munson - Williams - Proctor Institute , Utica , New York Under their yokes , many ballplayers wore a draped garment that provided ...
... ballplayer figurine Late Classic period , A.D. 700-900 Ceramic with traces of pigment 14.3 x 12 cm Munson - Williams - Proctor Institute , Utica , New York Under their yokes , many ballplayers wore a draped garment that provided ...
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... ballplayers who actively engage in play . However , most of the panels have neither a continuous text nor enough continuous imagery to allow their reconstruction in sequence ( Pl . 104a ) . On the Heye Foundation panel only part of the ...
... ballplayers who actively engage in play . However , most of the panels have neither a continuous text nor enough continuous imagery to allow their reconstruction in sequence ( Pl . 104a ) . On the Heye Foundation panel only part of 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