The Oxus-Culture - ArtInstallation for RaglanShire
For the annual RaglanshireArtwalk, Asmita has provided an installation referring to the Oxus-culture (2100-1700 B.C.):
http://www.worldhistory.biz/sundries/33785-the-oxus-people-a-short-lived-culture-in-central-asia-2100-1700-b-c-e.html
http://discovermagazine.com/2006/nov/ancient-towns-excavated-turkmenistan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactria
The wiki-article explains, how the figures of the so called Bactrian princesses relate with the Oxus culture.
These figures are today shown in art exhibitions worldwide, be it in the French Louvre:
https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/composite-female-statuette
or the German documenta (2012):
https://universes.art/documenta/2012/photo-tour/fridericianum/06-bactrian-princess/ .
Asmita has reconstructed some of the most beautiful figures of the Bactrian princesses as low-poly-mesh and framed them as acquirable 3D-art-pieces. They are displayed on a hill, which looks like a fresh archeological excavation.
Enjoy the scenery at
http://maps.secondlife.com…
http://www.worldhistory.biz/sundries/33785-the-oxus-people-a-short-lived-culture-in-central-asia-2100-1700-b-c-e.html
http://discovermagazine.com/2006/nov/ancient-towns-excavated-turkmenistan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactria
The wiki-article explains, how the figures of the so called Bactrian princesses relate with the Oxus culture.
These figures are today shown in art exhibitions worldwide, be it in the French Louvre:
https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/composite-female-statuette
or the German documenta (2012):
https://universes.art/documenta/2012/photo-tour/fridericianum/06-bactrian-princess/ .
Asmita has reconstructed some of the most beautiful figures of the Bactrian princesses as low-poly-mesh and framed them as acquirable 3D-art-pieces. They are displayed on a hill, which looks like a fresh archeological excavation.
Enjoy the scenery at
http://maps.secondlife.com…
