The Spirit Of The Lost Sea Painting By Igor Sokolov

Year:

Medium:

Oil Painting

Size - (USA):

60 W x 50 H x 2 D (cm)

Size - (metric):

23.6 W x 19.7 H x 0.8 D (inches)

Theme:

Seascape

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

636122

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Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:

The Aral Sea straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and for thousands of years was fed by two major rivers, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya. Having no outflow, the sea’s water level was maintained through a natural balance between inflow and evaporation. When Alexander the Great conquered this territory in the fourth century B. C., these rivers already had a long history of providing lifeblood to Central Asia. For centuries the Aral Sea and its vast deltas sustained an archipelago of settlements along the Silk Road that connected China to Europe. These ancient populations of Tajiks, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, and other ethnicities prospered as farmers, fishermen, herders, merchants, and craftsmen.

Artwork Keywords:   Sands Sea Spirit Human Figure Asia Sea Salt Desert Drought Aral Sea Heat Swelter Mysticism, Original Painting

Materials:   Oil Paintings