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.
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.
1. Acknowledgments 2. Introduction: The Definition and Interpretation of Ancient Maya Dance * Definitions of Dance * History of Maya Dance Studies * Aesthetics and Embodiment * Sources and Methods 3. 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 4. Chapter 2: The Iconography of Dance * Identifying Dance Iconography * Case Study: Dance in the Bonampak Murals * Conclusions 5. 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 6. Chapter 4: Dance 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 7. 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 8. Chapter 6: The Persistence of Maya Dance After European Contact * Characteristics of Colonial and Modern Maya Dance * Case Study: The Patzkar * Conclusions 9. 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 10. Appendix: T516 "Dance" Expressions Ordered by Date 11. Notes 12. Bibliography 13. Index
1. Acknowledgments 2. Introduction: The Definition and Interpretation of Ancient Maya Dance * Definitions of Dance * History of Maya Dance Studies * Aesthetics and Embodiment * Sources and Methods 3. 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 4. Chapter 2: The Iconography of Dance * Identifying Dance Iconography * Case Study: Dance in the Bonampak Murals * Conclusions 5. 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 6. Chapter 4: Dance 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 7. 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 8. Chapter 6: The Persistence of Maya Dance After European Contact * Characteristics of Colonial and Modern Maya Dance * Case Study: The Patzkar * Conclusions 9. 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 10. Appendix: T516 "Dance" Expressions Ordered by Date 11. Notes 12. Bibliography 13. Index
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