@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2025.6771, 

TITLE={Arts and sciences before science and art: facsimiles of ornamented caves}, 
  
AUTHOR={Carole Fritz
, Gilles Tosello, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Art and Science}, 
	
VOLUME={9}, 

NUMBER={Special issue}, 
	
YEAR={2025}, 

URL={https://www.openscience.fr/Arts-and-sciences-before-science-and-art-facsimiles-of-ornamented-caves}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2025.6771}, 
	
ISSN={2515-8767}, 
	
ABSTRACT={Art and science intersect in our distant past, that of the first artists of humanity. Even though it has traversed millennia to reach us, prehistoric art remains highly fragile. To ensure the preservation of decorated caves, they must be closed to the public and thus made invisible. How can this paradox be resolved? For about forty years, the success of replicas of decorated caves has proven that they are credible solutions. Through an iterative process between research and mediation, the replica feeds on scientific data and, in return, offers researchers food for thought about their practices.}}