To be like gods: dance in ancient Maya civilization
2009; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 47; Issue: 03 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.47-1338
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Latin American history and culture
ResumoAcknowledgments Introduction: The Definition and Interpretation of Ancient Maya Definitions of History of Maya Studies Aesthetics and Embodiment Sources and Methods Chapter 1: The Textual Record of Decipherment of Texts The Contexts of T516 Dance Expressions Case Study 1: Dos Pilas Case Study 2: Yaxchilan Conclusions Chapter 2: The Iconography of Identifying Iconography Case Study: in the Bonampak Murals Conclusions Chapter 3: Poses and Gestures The Study of Body Positions in Maya Art Poses Problematic Poses From Pose to Gesture: Reconstructing Movement from Figural Images Case Study: Narrative and Avian Dances Conclusions Chapter 4: on Classic Maya Ceramics by Matthew Looper, Dorie Reents-Budet, and Ronald L. Bishop Case Study 1: Dances of the Maize God Case Study 2: The Ik'-Style Corpus of Pictorial Cylinder Vessels Conclusions Chapter 5: The Architectural Settings of Case Study 1: Platforms at Copan and the Yucatan Case Study 2: Temple and Palace Dances in Campeche Conclusions Chapter 6: The Persistence of Maya After European Contact Characteristics of Colonial and Modern Maya Case Study: The Patzkar Conclusions Epilogue: as an Image of Civilization as an Image of Divinity as an Image of Society as an Image of the State Aesthetics as Image and Process in Ancient Maya History Appendix: T516 Dance Expressions Ordered by Date Notes Bibliography Index
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