The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art - Softcover

Linda Schele; Mary Ellen Miller

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9780500276679: The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art

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ISBN 10: 0500276676 ISBN 13: 9780500276679

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1992

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'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.

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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

About the Author:

Linda Schele (1942 - 1998) was an expert in the field of Maya epigraphy and iconography. She played an invaluable role in the decipherment of much of the Maya hieroglyphs. Mary Ellen Miller is an American art historian and Dean of Yale College. In 2008, she was appointed as Sterling Professor at Yale. She has served as the Chair of the History of Art, Latin American Studies, and Archaeological Studies Departments at Yale, as well as Director of Undergraduate Studies of the History of Art. She has written many articles on Mesoamerican art, and her book with Linda Schele, The Blood of Kings, is considered a landmark in Maya studies. She is also the author, with Karl Taube, of The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya.

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