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The Cave of Altamira (/ ˌæltəˈmɪərə / AL-tə-MEER-ə; Spanish: Cueva de Altamira [ˈkweβa ðe altaˈmiɾa]) is a cave complex, located near the historic town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain. It is renowned for prehistoric cave art featuring charcoal drawings and polychrome paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands.
Explore the Altamira Caves. The Altamira Caves contain some of the best pre-historic paintings in the world. They were painted by the Magdalenian people around 15,000 years ago.
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Located in northern Spain, not far from the village of Antillana del Mar in Cantabria, the Upper Paleolithic cave complex at Altamira is famous for its magnificent multi-coloured cave painting, as well as its rock engravings and drawings.
Apr 2, 2021 · Spain’s Altamira Cave is known for some of the most pristine examples of Paleolithic cave paintings, pictographs, and petroglyphs. The bulls painted on the ceiling are at least 14,000 years old, and with new dating techniques, archaeologists have determined that painting first started in this chamber more than 34,000 years ago.
Artistic techniques (drawing, painting and engraving), the treatment of shape and the exploitation of the medium, large formats and three dimensionality, naturalism, abstraction and symbolism are all on show at Altamira.
Jan 13, 2020 · Learn about the prehistoric Altamira cave paintings, from their discovery to what these Paleolithic drawings mean and how they influence art history.
