3 boys playing, 18 cm Tripi nativity

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3 boys playing, 18 cm Tripi nativity.
Between one job and another, the three kids find themselves playing together. They laugh, grimace and scream: they cheer up the street with their voices. Each nativity character of Angela Tripi's set is characterized by strong attention to detail.Angela Tripi takes inspiration from the ancient Arab world for the creation of her figures and, by appropriately reworking the history and customs, comes to her own personal interpretation of the characters of that time.While the terracotta statues of the traditional nativity scene (for example the Neapolitan ones) are built starting from a tow skeleton covered with clothes to which the terracotta ends are applied, Angela Tripi statues have completely formed bodies.In fact, they are modeled naked and, subsequently, painted and dressed with fabrics and small jewels, details giving the statue an amazing realism.The artist manages to give her creations personality, charisma and charm: expression wrinkles, grimaces, tense muscles etc. often emerge clearly. Furthermore, it must be added that while a traditional statue, through the static nature of a gesture, recalls a craft or a character, admiring these works, one realizes that there is a story behind those faces and those looks, a life with a before and after.If you know how to grasp the soul of a statue, you can also understand at what moment Tripi is photographing it and what it wants to express. The craftsmanship of each nativity statue makes each piece unique. Adapted for an 18 cm nativity set.