The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art

Schele, Linda & Mary Ellen Miller

ISBN 10: 0856673374 / ISBN 13: 9780856673375

Published by Sotheby's Publications, 1986

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art
• Publisher: Sotheby's Publications
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0856673374
• ISBN 13: 9780856673375
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Well-illustrated
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

"[A] work as remarkable for its text as for the photographs and drawings that illustrate it."―Octavio Paz, The New York Review of Books

A comprehensive guide to the Maya which reveals kingship rites, ritual warfare, with a vast array of color plates and drawings. 122 color plates, 300 drawings and 50 black-and-white illustrations

About the Author

Mary Ellen Miller is the Vincent Scully Professor of the History of Art at Yale University. Her previous books include The Art of Mesoamerica.

Michael D. Coe is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Yale University. His books include The Maya, Mexico, Breaking the Maya Code, Angkor and the Khmer Civilization, and Reading the Maya Glyphs. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.