Complete your visit with a conference !
The Cave Chauvet 2 Ardèche designed for you 2 conferences to go further and satisfy the curiosity of art and prehistoric lovers.
« The place of the Chauvet cave in Western prehistoric art ».
The conditions for artistic intellectual development emerge with Homo sapiens. The vestiges of this symbolic thought are, among others, the works of art left on the walls of the caves. Art is also expressed through movable objects (pebbles, ornaments, tools, statuettes) made from materials such as bone, ivory, antler and stone. The techniques of engraving, sculpture in the round, bas-relief, drawing and painting are already mastered in Prehistory.
Far from being only an animal art, this prehistoric art with its innumerable abstract signs and the few human representations, is part of a coded message. This art indeed materializes a new relationship with animals and therefore a new metaphysics for these humans of 40,000 years ago. The Chauvet 2 – Ardèche cave is the most beautiful expression of this as a major Paleolithic sanctuary conserving the first great masterpiece in the history of mankind.
Flat rate: 330 € tax incl. This price is in addition to the entrance ticket.
Total duration (presentation + questions and answers) : 1h.
« The Chauvet cave: universal value and restitution »
For obvious conservation reasons, the cave will never be open to the public. As a World Heritage Site, the restitution project was essential.
Understand what techniques are used to succeed in this crazy gamble, that of restoring a natural and cultural site unique in the world and making a larger-than-life replica, the Chauvet 2 Ardèche Cave. A human and collective adventure in which scientific, technical and artistic professions around the fields of digital imagery, engineering, geology, paleontology and the work of plastic artists have collaborated to give us access to emotions rarely matched. A project that has become a reality that invites reflection on the transfer of heritage.
Flat rate: 330 € tax incl. This price is in addition to the entrance ticket.
Total duration (presentation + questions and answers) : 1h.