Great Ceiling

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Great Ceiling is the name given to the famous Paleolithic panel of polychrome animal paintings on the roof of Spain’s Altamira Cave.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleolithic cave art panel ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
approximateDate Late Pleistocene ⓘ
circa 14,000 BP ⓘ
associatedCulture Magdalenian culture ⓘ
linked to: Magdalenian
conservationConcern sensitivity to humidity and carbon dioxide ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
culturalPeriod Upper Paleolithic ⓘ
linked to: Upper Palaeolithic
depicts bison ⓘ
deer ⓘ
horses ⓘ
wild boar ⓘ
discoveredBy Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola ⓘ
discoveryDate 1879 ⓘ
function prehistoric ritual or symbolic expression ⓘ
hasArtisticStyle polychrome painting ⓘ
hasReplica Altamira Neocave replica ⓘ
influenced study of Paleolithic art ⓘ
locatedIn Altamira Cave ⓘ
Cantabria ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
locatedNear Santillana del Mar ⓘ
materialUsed mineral pigments ⓘ
notableFor three-dimensional use of natural rock relief ⓘ
well-preserved polychrome animal figures ⓘ
orientation ceiling panel ⓘ
partOf Altamira Cave complex ⓘ
linked to: Altamira Cave
pigmentColor black manganese ⓘ
red ochre ⓘ
region Cantabria, northern Spain ⓘ
linked to: Cantabria
support limestone ceiling ⓘ
tourismStatus restricted public access ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain ⓘ

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Altamira Cave → roofPaintingsName → Great Ceiling ⓘ