Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship

Fields, Virginia (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1857593863 / ISBN 13: 9781857593860

Published by Scala Books, Los Angeles, 2005

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Collectible Fine Hardcover and Fine Mylar Protected Dust Jacket. NOT Price Clipped. NOT a library book Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2006. First American Edition.Clean 287 pages. 4to . A huge window into the sacred world of the jade kings of the Maya, Some of the finest photos ever. Great jade masks, Huge temples and painted ceramics. Besides the color photos the scholarly study of Mayan kingship is comprehensive and illuminating. The religious ritual duties of the Kings. Masks. Jade statues Jade Masks. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans. Seller Inventory # 012686

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

Publisher: Scala Books, Los Angeles

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

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.

About the Author:

Dorie Reents-Budet is research associate at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.