🖼ap art history review

Profile view

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A compositional convention in Maya art in which figures are depicted from the side, commonly used in relief carvings on stelae and lintels.

AP course connection

Topic 5.4: 5.4 Theories and Interpretations of Indigenous American Art

Unit 5

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