Schele, Linda <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: Fort Worth : Kimbell Art Museum; London : Sotheby's in association with the Kimbell Art Museum, 1986 
<br/><br/>Includes index 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0500276676 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Maya art.<br/>Mayas--Social life and customs<br/>Visual Arts