Main entry:

Schele, Linda, author.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

New York : G. Braziller ; Fort Worth : Kimbell Art Museum, [1986]
©1986

Description:

xii, 335 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
"Issued in connection with the exhibition 'The Blood of Kings: a New Interpretation of Maya Art, shown at the Kimbell Art Museum ... 1986."
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.

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.

ISBN:

091280422X (pbk.)
9780912804224 (pbk.)
080761159X (hard)
9780807611593 (hard)
(pbk.)
0912804238
0500276676 (THAMES & HUDSON) (pbk.)
9780500276679 (THAMES & HUDSON) (pbk.)
0807612782
9780807612781
0856673374
9780856673375

Subject:

Maya art.
Mayas Social life and customs.
Indians of North America.
Indian art Mexico.
Indians of Mexico Social life and customs.
Indian art Central America.
Indians of Central America Social life and customs.
Mayas Kings and rulers.
Indians, North American
Indians, Central American
Art history
Mayas Arte.
Mayas Vida social y costumbres.
Art maya.
Mayas Mœurs et coutumes.
Art des Peuples autochtones Mexique.
Peuples autochtones Mexique Mœurs et coutumes.
Art des Peuples autochtones Amérique centrale.
Peuples autochtones Amérique centrale Mœurs et coutumes.
Mayas Rois et souverains.
Peuples autochtones Amérique du Nord.
Indian art
Precolumbiaanse kunst.
Maya's.
Indigenous art Mexico
Indigenous peoples Mexico Social life and customs
Indigenous art Central America
Indigenous peoples Central America Social life and customs
Mexico
Central America

Added entries:

Miller, Mary Ellen, author.
Kerr, Justin, photographer.
Miller, Mary Ellen
Kerr, Justin.
Kimbell Art Museum.
Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 19747
Call No.: ID EXHFORTWORTH; ID:87-B6918
Status: Available