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The blood of kings : dynasty and ritual in Maya art / Linda Schele, Mary Ellen Miller ; photographs by Justin Kerr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Fort Worth : G. Braziller ; Kimbell Art Museum, [1986]Copyright date: ©1986Description: xii, 335 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 091280422X
  • 9780912804224
  • 080761159X
  • 9780807611593
  • 0500276676
  • 9780500276679
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.011
LOC classification:
  • F1435.3.A7 S34 1986
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 709.011 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A0600032B

Includes bibliographical references (page 329) and index.

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.

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