cave painting

noun

: a picture painted on the wall of a cave

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In 2022, a massive Spanish flag was spray-painted over a cave painting at a nearby site, Gizmodo reported. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024 Another cave painting in Sulawesi was re-dated using the new technology to be at least 48,000 years old, all of which predate the earliest, undisputed European cave paintings. The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 5 July 2024 For example, Cro-Magnons were dark skinned and lived in huts, not caves, and had a virtuosity in cave painting which could not be reproduced today, one expert says. John Hopewell, Variety, 26 Feb. 2024

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“Cave painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cave%20painting. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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