TY - Type of reference TI - Arts and sciences before science and art: facsimiles of ornamented caves AU - Carole Fritz AU - Gilles Tosello AB - 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. DO - 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2025.6771 JF - Art and Science KW - Prehistory, origins, replica, prehistoric art, dissémination, myth, Préhistoire, origine, restitution, art premier, diffusion, mythe, L1 - https://www.openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_artsci25v9nspe_5_en.pdf LA - en PB - ISTE OpenScience DA - 2025/10/24 SN - 2515-8767 TT - Arts et sciences d’avant la science et l’art : fac-similés de grottes ornées UR - https://www.openscience.fr/Arts-and-sciences-before-science-and-art-facsimiles-of-ornamented-caves IS - Special issue VL - 9 ER -