The blood of kings :
Schele, Linda
The blood of kings : dynasty and ritual in Maya art:[Bookalbum] / Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller ; photographs by Justin Kerr. - London : Thames and Hudson, 1992. - xii, 335 p. : ill. (some color), map ; 25 cm.
Originally published: Fort Worth : Kimbell Art Museum; London : Sotheby's in association with the Kimbell Art Museum, 1986
Includes index
Cont.: Introduction. Prologue. The modern invention of the ancient Maya. The characteristics of Maya art. Maya gods and icons -- 1. The royal person -- 2. Kingship and the rites of accession -- 3. Courtly life -- 4. Bloodletting and the vision quest -- 5. Warfare and captive sacrifice -- 6. The ballgame -- 7. Death and the journey to Xibalba -- 8. Kingship and the Maya cosmos -- The Maya calendar -- The hieroglyphic writing system.
By making full use of the progress in deciphering the Maya hieroglyphic code, this examines the world and minds of the creators of Maya art, including a look at the Maya calendar
0500276676
Maya art.
Mayas--Social life and customs
Visual Arts
The blood of kings : dynasty and ritual in Maya art:[Bookalbum] / Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller ; photographs by Justin Kerr. - London : Thames and Hudson, 1992. - xii, 335 p. : ill. (some color), map ; 25 cm.
Originally published: Fort Worth : Kimbell Art Museum; London : Sotheby's in association with the Kimbell Art Museum, 1986
Includes index
Cont.: Introduction. Prologue. The modern invention of the ancient Maya. The characteristics of Maya art. Maya gods and icons -- 1. The royal person -- 2. Kingship and the rites of accession -- 3. Courtly life -- 4. Bloodletting and the vision quest -- 5. Warfare and captive sacrifice -- 6. The ballgame -- 7. Death and the journey to Xibalba -- 8. Kingship and the Maya cosmos -- The Maya calendar -- The hieroglyphic writing system.
By making full use of the progress in deciphering the Maya hieroglyphic code, this examines the world and minds of the creators of Maya art, including a look at the Maya calendar
0500276676
Maya art.
Mayas--Social life and customs
Visual Arts