{"product_id":"lives-of-the-gods-9781588397317","title":"Lives of the Gods","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis engaging exploration of the Maya pantheon introduces readers to the complex stories of Mesoamerican divinity through the stunning carvings, ceramics, and metalwork of the Classic period.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLives of the Gods\u003c\/em\u003e explores how ancient Maya peoples gave bodily form to the divine and explains the cosmological underpinnings of some of the greatest creative achievements of Maya civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the Classic period (250–900 CE), the publication reveals how artists and scribes used diverse media—from the monumental to the miniature—to construct an aesthetic and a rhetoric of a powerful universe, as rich and complex as the more familiar Greco-Roman, Hindu-Buddhist, and Egyptian pantheons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn thematic chapters, the authors examine the mythical contents of Maya art, the relationship of divine lives with the landscape, the centrality of cycles associated with day and night, and the importance of maize as the ideal metaphor for the cycle of life, death, and rebirth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOther chapters discuss the divine in the daily lives of Maya kings and queens, the Maya’s close and personal dealings with protective patron deities, and the transmission of their traditions and worldview throughout the colonial period and into contemporary Maya communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431444234476,"sku":"9781588397317","price":95.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781588397317.jpg?v=1774557723","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lives-of-the-gods-9781588397317","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}