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The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (French: Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, French pronunciation: [ɡʁɔt ʃovɛ pɔ̃ daʁk]) in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, [1] as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. [2]
The Caverne du Pont-d'Arc, Chauvet 2, is a replica of the Chauvet Cave in the commune of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, in the department of Ardèche and in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Construction began in October 2012 and it was opened to the public in 2015.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a 2010 3D documentary film by Werner Herzog about the Chauvet Cave in Southern France, which contains some of the oldest human-painted images yet discovered—some of them were crafted around 32,000 years ago.
Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: 30,000–28,000 BCE cultural 2014 - Earliest-known and best-preserved figurative drawings in the world. [45] 1425 The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Middle Ages–present cultural 2015 -
The Chauvet Cave is not open to the public. In 2015, a replica Chauvet Cave 2 was opened to the public, which is the largest decorated replica cavern in the world. Chauvet Cave 2 is also a conference center and hosts workshops and cultural activities relating to prehistoric art and civilization. The Gorges de l'Ardèche
(Replica of) cave lion drawings from Chauvet Cave in Southern France from the Aurignacian period (c. 35,000 to 30,000 years old) The art of the Upper Paleolithic represents the oldest form of prehistoric art. Figurative art is present in Europe and Southeast Asia, beginning around 50,000 years ago.
Trace of a 20,000-year-old spotted hyena painting from the Chauvet Cave, France. The spotted hyena has a long history of interaction with humanity; depictions of the species exist from the Upper Paleolithic period, with carvings and paintings from the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves. [1]
[citation needed] The cave, along with that of Chauvet [9] and those of Lascaux, [10] has been regarded by archaeologists and art historians as "the Sistine Chapel of Paleolithic art", due to its high quality and large scale wall paintings. The so-called polychrome chamber houses approximately 30 large animal images, mostly of bison, vividly ...