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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... BALLGAME T he Maya ballgame is a suBJECT OF ENDLESS FASCINATION , PERHAPS because elements of the game are familiar yet shrouded in mystery . It was a dangerous sport that required the skillful manipulation of a heavy rubber ball and ...
... BALLGAME T he Maya ballgame is a suBJECT OF ENDLESS FASCINATION , PERHAPS because elements of the game are familiar yet shrouded in mystery . It was a dangerous sport that required the skillful manipulation of a heavy rubber ball and ...
Page 249
... ballgame play . The idea of the captive as sacrificial victim in ballgame play is also seen else- where . At Chichen Itza , the ball is shown with a human skull within ( Fig . VI.8 ) . Altar 8 , Tikal ( Fig . VI.9a , b ) , shows a bound ...
... ballgame play . The idea of the captive as sacrificial victim in ballgame play is also seen else- where . At Chichen Itza , the ball is shown with a human skull within ( Fig . VI.8 ) . Altar 8 , Tikal ( Fig . VI.9a , b ) , shows a bound ...
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... ballgame play is often the subject of Maya ballgame art . Glyphs associated with ballgame play are frequently carved on staircases and risers , in direct association with names of known captives and records of their deaths . In A.D. 735 ...
... ballgame play is often the subject of Maya ballgame art . Glyphs associated with ballgame play are frequently carved on staircases and risers , in direct association with names of known captives and records of their deaths . In A.D. 735 ...
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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