Maya Sculpture of Copan
Baudez, Claude-Francois
Copán, one of the most important Classic Maya sites, is renowned for the artistry of its high-relief stelae and altars and for the wealth of detail on its freestanding and architectural sculpture. In Maya Sculpture of Copán: The Iconography, internationally known Mayanist Claude-François Baudez provides a masterful survey of these elaborate and intriguing carved images.
In Part I Baudez identifies and deciphers the specific motifs on each m...