Paintings from Altamira, CANTABRIA

Art print. Paintings of Altamira in Cantabria

The paintings in the cave belong to the Magdalenian and Solutrean periods, it can be assured that the cave was used during several periods, totaling 22,000 years of occupation, from about 35,600 to 13,000 years ago, when the main entrance to the cave It was sealed by a landslide, all within the Upper Paleolithic. The style of a large part of his works is part of the so-called "French-Cantabrian school", characterized by the realism of the figures represented. It contains polychrome paintings, engravings, black, red and ocher paintings that represent animals, anthropomorphic figures, abstract and non-figurative drawings.

Sheet printed on 320 gr paper. High Quality Embossing. Measurements 23 x 23 cm.

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