Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship

Fields, Virginia M., and Reents-Budet, Dorie, with Agurcia Fasquelle, Ricardo, et al. (Contributions by)

ISBN 10: 1857594053 / ISBN 13: 9781857594058

Published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art; SCALA, Los Angeles and London, 2005

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287 pages, colour illustrations; 30 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 10, 2005 to January 2, 2006; Dallas Museum of Art, February 12 to May 7, 2006; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 11 to September 10, 2006. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Published to accompany a traveling exhibition organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this book breaks new ground by documenting the development and exploring the manifestations of royal authority among the ancient Maya as well as their descendants, as revealed by the religious beliefs and ceremonies of the Maya today. Drawing on the most current archaeological, epigraphic, and art historical research of an impressive roster of Maya scholars, Lords of Creation addresses specific aspects of the central historical issues and seminal artworks that exemplify the primary characteristic of Maya divine kingship, the capacity of rulers to intercede between gods and men." *** CONTENTS: Introduction: the first sacred kings of Mesoamerica, by Virginia M Fields with Dorie Reents-Budet; Between heaven and earth: the cival cache and the creation of the Mesoamerican cosmos, by Jeremy R. Bauer; Olmec ideological, ritual, and symbolic contributions to the institution of classic Maya kingship, by F. Kent Reilly III; Late preclassic expressions of authority on the Pacific slope, by Julia Guernsey and Michael Love; The principal bird deity in preclassic and early classic art, by Constance Cortez; Preclassic architecture, ritual, and the emergence of cultural complexity: a diachronic perspective from the Belize Valley, by M Kathryn Brown and James F. Garber; The creation mountains: structure 5C-2nd and late preclassic kingship, by David A Freidel; Precincts for gods and men: the architecture of the cities of the Peten, Guatemala, by Juan Antonio Valde s; Early social complexity and kingship in the Mirador Basin, by Richard D Hansen and Stanley P Guenter; The sacred mountain: preclassic architecture in Calakmul, by Ramo n Carrasco Vargas; Building a dynasty: early classic kingship at Copan, by Ellen E Bell; Rosalila: temple of the sun king at Copan, by Richardo Agurcia Fasquelle; The origins of Maya writing, by Federico Fahsen and Nikolai Grube; Strangers in the Maya area: early classic interaction with Teotihuacan, by Robert J Sharer and Simon Martin; Dancing in the footsteps of the ancestors, by Allen J Christenson; Catalogue, by Virginia M Fields and Dorie Reents-Budet. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 111371

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Title: Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred ...

Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; SCALA, Los Angeles and London

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st.

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"Divinely sanctioned kingship is found among the ancient civilizations throughout the world. It has been a largely unexplored process in ancient Mesoamerica. Sacred kings, who played key roles in the emergence of complex urban society, first appeared among the Olmec on the Gulf Coast of Mexico around 900 BC, but the full growth of this phenomenon occurred in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and the western Honduras among the most brilliant of the New World civilizations: the Maya. Published to accompany the exhibition at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (September 2005), the Dallas Museum of Art (February 2006) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (June 2006), this superb book documents the development of royal authority among the ancient Maya and their descendants, exploring central historical issues and seminal artworks that exemplify Maya divine kingship."Quoted material from publisher