Abstract

MORALES DAMIAN, Manuel Alberto. The Human Body at the Madrid Codex Representations. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2023, vol.62, pp.191-221.  Epub Jan 30, 2024. ISSN 0185-2574.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm/62/000xs00146w06.

The objective of this paper is to analyse the anthropomorphic figures of the Madrid Codex, through the perspective of Mayan visual culture, to understand the forms of representation of the human body and thereby approach the way of assuming the body by the Yucatecan Mayans of the Postclassic Period. The general features of anthropomorphic figures are pointed out, the modules used to build them are characterized and the information offered by linguistic and anthropological research on the subject is used. The body is a totality of interrelated parts, the body is the vehicle for knowledge, communication, and action; in the body both the individual identity and the community character of the human being are expressed, it is also possible to identify the cultural construction that gives predominance to the masculine.

Keywords : Body image; codices; visual culture; Postclassic; mayas of Yucatan.