Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 276 p., [8] p. of plates)
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ill. (some col.)
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0292793782
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9780292793781
Series Statement:
The Linda Schele series in Maya and Pre-Columbian studies
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Color Section -- INTRODUCTION. The Definition and Interpretation of Ancient Maya Dance -- Definitions of Dance -- History of Maya Dance Studies -- Aesthetics and Embodiment -- Sources and Methods -- CHAPTER 1. The Textual Record of Dance -- Decipherment of Dance Texts -- The Contexts of T516 "Dance" Expressions -- Case Study 1: Dos Pilas -- Case Study 2: Yaxchilán -- Conclusions -- CHAPTER 2. The Iconography of Dance -- Identifying Dance Iconography -- Case Study: The Bonampak Murals -- Conclusions -- CHAPTER 3. Dance Poses and Gestures -- The Study of Body Positions in Maya Art -- Dance Poses -- Problematic Poses -- From Pose to Gesture: Reconstructing Dance Movement from Figural Images -- Case Study: Narrative and Avian Dances -- Conclusions -- CHAPTER 4. Dance on Classic Maya Ceramics (Matthew G. 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 Dance -- Case Study 1: Dance Platforms at Copán and the Yucatán -- Case Study 2: Temple and Palace Dances in Campeche -- Conclusions -- CHAPTER 6. The Persistence of Maya Dance After European Contact -- Characteristics of Colonial and Modern Maya Dance -- Case Study: The Patzkar -- Conclusions -- EPILOGUE. Dance as an Image of Civilization -- Dance as an Image of Divinity -- Dance as an Image of Society -- Dance as an Image of the State -- Aesthetics as Image and Process -- Dance in Ancient Maya History -- APPENDIX. T516 "Dance" Expressions Ordered by Date -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-269) and index
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The Definition and Interpretation of Ancient Maya DanceThe Textual Record of Dance -- The Iconography of Dance -- Dance Poses and Gestures -- Dance on Classic Maya Ceramics (Matthew G. Looper, Dorie Reents-Budet and Ronald L. Bishop) -- The Architectural Settings of Dance -- The Persistence of Maya Dance After European Contact -- Dance as an Image of Civilization.
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Electronic reproduction
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0292709889
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780292709881
Additional Edition:
Print version To be like gods
Language:
English
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