The Blood of Kings
Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art
Linda Schele
Mary Ellen Miller
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| 'A work as remarkable for its text as for the photographs and drawings that illustrate it … revolutionary' | | – Octavio Paz, Nobel Prize winner for Literature |
Maya texts embellish both their everyday objects and the monumental art and architecture commissioned by the kings to ensure their place in history.
'The Blood of Kings' makes full use of the tremendous progress made in deciphering the complicated Maya hieroglyphic code, effectively penetrating the world and minds of the creators of Maya art.
Linda Schele was a prolific Mesoamerican scholar who died in 1998. Her many great books include 'Maya Glyphs: The Verbs', the 'Palenque Bodega' and 'Maya Cosmos'. Mary Ellen Miller is Vincent Scully Professor of the History of Art at Yale University. She studies, lectures and writes on the art and architecture of Mesoamerica, with a focus upon the history and mythology of the Maya.
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500276676 | | ISBN-13 978-0500276679 | | | | 25.0 x 25.0 cm | | Paperback | | 336pp | | 373 illustrations, 123 in colour | | First published 1992 | | | | £29.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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