Title: Lords of creation : the origins of sacred Maya kingship /
Authors: Fields, Virginia M.; Reents-Budet, Dorie.; Agurcia Fasquelle, Ricardo.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art.; Dallas Museum of Art.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Scala ; Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Distributed outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by Antique Collectors' Club,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Maya art Exhibitions.; Mayas Antiquities Exhibitions.; Mayas Kings and rulers Exhibitions.; Mayas Rites and ceremonies Exhibitions.; Kings and rulers in art Exhibitions.; Mexico Antiquities Exhibitions.; Central America Antiquities Exhibitions.
Abstract: "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."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction: the first sacred kings of Mesoamerica / Virginia M Fields with Dorie Reents-Budet -- Between heaven and earth: the cival cache and the creation of the Mesoamerican cosmos / Jeremy R. Bauer -- Olmec ideological, ritual, and symbolic contributions to the institution of classic Maya kingship / F. Kent Reilly III -- Late preclassic expressions of authority on the Pacific slope / Julia Guernsey and Michael Love -- The principal bird deity in preclassic and early classic art / Constance Cortez -- Preclassic architecture, ritual, and the emergence of cultural complexity: a diachronic perspective from the Belize Valley / M Kathryn Brown and James F. Garber -- The creation mountains: structure 5C-2nd and late preclassic kingship / David A Freidel -- Precincts for gods and men: the architecture of the cities of the Peten, Guatemala / Juan Antonio Valdés -- Early social complexity and kingship in the Mirador Basin / Richard D Hansen and Stanley P Guenter -- The sacred mountain: preclassic architecture in Calakmul / Ramón Carrasco Vargas -- Building a dynasty: early classic kingship at Copan / Ellen E Bell -- Rosalila: temple of the sun king at Copan / Richardo Agurcia Fasquelle -- The origins of Maya writing / Federico Fahsen and Nikolai Grube -- Strangers in the Maya area: early classic interaction with Teotihuacan / Robert J Sharer and Simon Martin -- Dancing in the footsteps of the ancestors / Allen J Christenson -- Catalogue / Virginia M Fields and Dorie Reents-Budet.