If you want to read about these works, go to this part of the museum’s website.  It also has the reason why this series exists in the first place.

After filling my blog posts with these videos, I offer my thoughts on the Asian Art Museum’s YouTube Playlist called Masterpieces, also known as Masterworks.  Seven videos total, each one spotlights one (or two) sculpture and gives the history and function behind the work. 

On technical execution, the museum synchronizes re-purposed acoustiguide audio (the credits mentioned a company that implied a partnership with the Asian Art Museum) with photographs, 3D reproductions, and film (or possibly digital) footage.  I’m not sure why the museum used 3D reproductions of some of the sculptures. If they wanted to give the viewer a more complete view of the art, why didn’t they just move a camera around the work itself?

Nearly all the art the Museum dedicated a video to this playlist had a religious function that served either Buddhism or Hinduism.  I write nearly because of exceptions.  One sculpture has the two faiths meeting together in a type of fusion.  Most have obvious religious connotations, but a couple works remain vague in their respective videos.  The first example comes from the “ewer” video.  The narrators do not reveal much except that its type has a divine reputation (another video done by the museum has a more in-depth exploration of this kind of pottery).  The second example devoted to a rhino sculpture talked about its “ritual” function, but if you wanted to know what kind (Religious?  Secular?), the Asian Art Museum and company leaves that a mystery.

All in all, a nice little time waster.

ETA: Fixed a sentence.