The first artists in the history of mankind created a masterpiece in a deep cave. Horses, lions, rhinoceroses and many other animals are captured on the cave wall as if they were alive, running, hunting or facing each other.
36,000 years later, scientists, engineers and artists have achieved a globally unique feat. They have recreated the original of this cave, the Grotte Chauvet 2 Ardèche, and have thus made this extraordinary complete work of paintings and engravings accessible to the public. The excitement felt by the cave's discoverers twenty years ago can be experienced. When you enter the cave, surrounded by stalagmites and stalagtites, you can now discover the world of men and women 36,000 years ago, in a play of light and shadow, on cave walls and folds of sintering. Hundreds of animals of 15 different species can be seen. Painted with red hematite, engraved with flints, drawn with fingers or charcoal, this animal world is brought to life, so well have smudging techniques and perspective representation been recreated here. 27 friezes can be discovered over the course of an hour, which you can view as you walk along a footbridge at 10 stops. the tour ends in front of the great frieze of the lions, a monumental mural twelve meters long, on which 92 animals appear in full motion.
© Laureline Fusade - Grotte Chauvet 2 Ardèche
ANIMAL - FROM PREHISTORY TO STREET ART
ANIMAL is an immersive experience with light and sound in the large exhibition hall. It is an exciting and magical show taking place in a universal language. An invitation to move in the heart of a monumental fresco animated and sublimated by an original musical composition!
From the artists of the Chauvet cave, who decorated the rock walls with their fantastic bestiary, to the street artist WAR, who poetizes the walls of our cities with his animal paintings: the animal world has never ceased to fascinate our humanity.Animal reveals to us the gestures of the artists, their lines drawn from one wall to another... follow this thread that connects us, links us to our ingenious ancestors and the famous painters inspired by nature. In the midst of a colorful bestiary, the spectator can wander through 36,000 years of parietal art, from caves to contemporary street art. Young and old dreamers alike will experience the universality of artistic practice and our special bond with animals.
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