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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... Classic Maya elite ; and the much - lamented Jeffrey Miller , who died early in his career , did the same with his extremely important study of the iconography and epigraphy of mirrors , which were manipulated and used by Classic rulers ...
... Classic Maya elite ; and the much - lamented Jeffrey Miller , who died early in his career , did the same with his extremely important study of the iconography and epigraphy of mirrors , which were manipulated and used by Classic rulers ...
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... Classic Maya civilization emerge ? For most of the century , and because of observation of the modern Maya , the notion of small populations supported by slash - and - burn agriculture had thrived - in notable contrast to ... ANCIENT MAYA 25.
... Classic Maya civilization emerge ? For most of the century , and because of observation of the modern Maya , the notion of small populations supported by slash - and - burn agriculture had thrived - in notable contrast to ... ANCIENT MAYA 25.
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... Maya glyph for sun or day , were placed at the base of the lowest tiers of these pyramids . A long crocodilian snout at the top of these masks probably identifies the ... Classic Maya and Teotihuacanos MODERN INVENTION OF THE ANCIENT MAYA 27.
... Maya glyph for sun or day , were placed at the base of the lowest tiers of these pyramids . A long crocodilian snout at the top of these masks probably identifies the ... Classic Maya and Teotihuacanos MODERN INVENTION OF THE ANCIENT MAYA 27.
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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 bloodletting body Bonampak cahal captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume Cylindrical vessel death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine front glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery incised 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 sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Tlaloc Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warriors water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic