Abstract
The maya king in front view As a rule, Maya artists have shown the human figure with his face in profile, with a few exceptions that almost always concerned the king, as in the Teotihuacan-infmenced Peten of the Early Classic period. It is suggested that the royal face, seen in front view, sets up a special relationship with the viewer, and imposes upon him fear and respect. From its beginnings, the sculpture at Copán and Quirigua adopted this perspective, that allowed an increase in the relief, volume and size of their monuments. At Toniná, it seems that the front view was used before the development of high relief, while it is not easy to understand why, at Piedras Negras, the king's face is shown at times in profile, at times in front.
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