The Cave of El Castillo: Pure Inspiration for The Tectiform Paintings
This past March, I visited the cave of El Castillo, a prehistoric cave in northern Spain containing Paleolithic art dating as far back as 39,000 years. There were paintings of deer, bison, aurochs and ibex, but it was the “Corner of the Tectiforms” that beguiled me. No pictures are permitted to preserve the integrity of…