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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... ballcourt markers at Copan comprise a single narrative that appears to show the progression of play in a game between humans and divinities . 18 The markers were evenly spaced along the alley of the ballcourt and , shortly after their ...
... ballcourt markers at Copan comprise a single narrative that appears to show the progression of play in a game between humans and divinities . 18 The markers were evenly spaced along the alley of the ballcourt and , shortly after their ...
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... Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras FIGURE VI.11 South Marker Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras Rabbit was captured , a new king was installed at Copan . Quirigua kept 18 Rabbit hostage for many years and may have sacrificed him in a ...
... Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras FIGURE VI.11 South Marker Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras Rabbit was captured , a new king was installed at Copan . Quirigua kept 18 Rabbit hostage for many years and may have sacrificed him in a ...
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... Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras Late Classic period , A.D. 731-751 Stone Diam . 74 x 9.5 cm ) Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia , Tegucigalpa , Honduras The Copan ballcourt , originally constructed between A.D. 500 and ...
... Ballcourt II - B , Copan , Honduras Late Classic period , A.D. 731-751 Stone Diam . 74 x 9.5 cm ) Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia , Tegucigalpa , Honduras The Copan ballcourt , originally constructed between A.D. 500 and ...
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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