{"product_id":"idol-altar-copan-frederick-catherwood-print","title":"Idol and Altar at Copán – Frederick Catherwood (1844)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Maya king carved in stone, watching over the jungle for more than a thousand years.\u003c\/strong\u003e In this 1844 view, Frederick Catherwood depicts one of the great sculpted stelae of Copán, which he called an “idol”, with the altar placed before it. The stela shows a richly adorned figure with a calm, smiling face, framed by scrolls and feathered ornaments. The altar in front takes the form of a huge monster head with round eyes and bared teeth. Behind them, the stepped walls of the ancient city disappear under the trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Catherwood and the American writer John Lloyd Stephens reached Copán in 1839, the site lay hidden in the forest of western Honduras. Stephens famously bought the ruins for fifty dollars, while Catherwood spent weeks drawing the stelae, struggling to render carvings unlike anything known in European art. His drawings, published in \u003cem\u003eViews of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan\u003c\/em\u003e (London, 1844), showed the world the genius of Maya sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCopán, the city of stelae\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopán was one of the great Maya kingdoms of the Classic period. Its rulers, above all the 8th-century king known as Waxaklajuun Ub’aah K’awiil (18 Rabbit), commissioned stelae of exceptional depth and detail, which earned the city its nickname as the “Athens of the Maya world”. The site has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e: Frederick Catherwood (1799-1854)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1844\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSource\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eViews of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique\u003c\/strong\u003e: colour lithograph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlace\u003c\/strong\u003e: Copán, Honduras\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts vertical format makes it ideal for a narrow wall, an entrance or a study. It pairs beautifully with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wallango.com\/products\/el-castillo-chichen-itza-frederick-catherwood-print\"\u003eEl Castillo at Chichén Itzá\u003c\/a\u003e. Discover all of Catherwood’s Maya views in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wallango.com\/collections\/frederick-catherwood-prints\"\u003eFrederick Catherwood collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallango","offers":[{"title":"A4","offer_id":54950563676483,"sku":"P7668S","price":34.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x18 inches","offer_id":54950563709251,"sku":"P7669S","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x30 inches","offer_id":54950563742019,"sku":"P7670S","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 inches","offer_id":54950563774787,"sku":"P7671S","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"27x40 inches","offer_id":54950563807555,"sku":"P7672S","price":84.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x60 cm","offer_id":54950563840323,"sku":"P7673S","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70 cm","offer_id":54950563873091,"sku":"P7674S","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x90 cm","offer_id":54950563905859,"sku":"P7675S","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100 cm","offer_id":54950563938627,"sku":"P7676S","price":84.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3","offer_id":54950563971395,"sku":"P7677S","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2","offer_id":54950564004163,"sku":"P7678S","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1","offer_id":54950564036931,"sku":"P7679S","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0","offer_id":54950564069699,"sku":"P7680S","price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3810\/2851\/files\/idol-altar-copan-frederick-catherwood-poster.jpg?v=1792529226","url":"https:\/\/wallango.com\/products\/idol-altar-copan-frederick-catherwood-print","provider":"Wallango ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}