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cave painting

paintings found on cave walls and ceilings
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cave painting

Summary

cave painting is a genre of painting[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of genre_of_painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,251 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cave painting's instance of is recorded as genre of painting[3].
  • cave painting is a type of mural[4].
  • cave painting is a type of rock painting[5].
  • cave painting is a type of rock art[6].
  • cave painting's Commons category is recorded as Cave paintings[7].
  • cave painting's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cave paintings[8].
  • cave painting's earliest date is recorded as -38000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • cave painting's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[10].

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Definition and Type

cave painting's instance of is recorded as genre of painting[3]. Recorded subclass of include mural[4], rock painting[5], and rock art[6].

Why It Matters

cave painting ranks in the top 7% of genre_of_painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,251 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . akp.nba.fi. Retrieved . akp.nba.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Cave paintings
    Described by source → Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27964, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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