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Informationen zum Autor By Matthew G. Looper Klappentext Drawing on a wealth of evidence from epigraphy, iconography, style, and architectural analysis, Looper offers the first extensive interpretation of the role of dance in ancient Maya society. Zusammenfassung Drawing on a wealth of evidence from epigraphy, iconography, style, and architectural analysis, Looper offers the first extensive interpretation of the role of dance in ancient Maya society. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Definition and Interpretation of Ancient Maya Dance Definitions of DanceHistory of Maya Dance StudiesAesthetics and EmbodimentSources and MethodsChapter 1: The Textual Record of Dance Decipherment of Dance TextsThe Contexts of T516 "Dance" ExpressionsCase Study 1: Dos PilasCase Study 2: YaxchilánConclusionsChapter 2: The Iconography of Dance Identifying Dance IconographyCase Study: Dance in the Bonampak MuralsConclusionsChapter 3: Dance Poses and Gestures The Study of Body Positions in Maya ArtDance PosesProblematic PosesFrom Pose to Gesture: Reconstructing Dance Movement from Figural ImagesCase Study: Narrative and Avian DancesConclusionsChapter 4: Dance on Classic Maya Ceramics by Matthew Looper, Dorie Reents-Budet, and Ronald L. BishopCase Study 1: Dances of the Maize GodCase Study 2: The Ik'-Style Corpus of Pictorial Cylinder VesselsConclusionsChapter 5: The Architectural Settings of Dance Case Study 1: Dance Platforms at Copán and the YucatánCase Study 2: Temple and Palace Dances in CampecheConclusionsChapter 6: The Persistence of Maya Dance After European Contact Characteristics of Colonial and Modern Maya DanceCase Study: The PatzkarConclusionsEpilogue: Dance as an Image of Civilization Dance as an Image of DivinityDance as an Image of SocietyDance as an Image of the StateAesthetics as Image and ProcessDance in Ancient Maya HistoryAppendix: T516 "Dance" Expressions Ordered by DateNotesBibliographyIndex
