Moor water woman 18 cm nativity Angela Tripi

Moor water woman 18 cm nativity Angela Tripi.
This shepherdess walks thoughtfully, her shoulders hunched slightly forward to support the weight of the jars hoisted on her nape. The soft and light robes follow her movements, revealing the ornaments she had chosen for herself. She makes her way through the crowd which pushes on the opposite side. As she wonders where on Earth everyone will go, she hears someone muttering how a very special baby has been born. Indeed, the Savior was born.Each character in Angela Tripi's nativity scene is characterized by a strong attention to detail, reaching an almost photorealistic level.Angela Tripi takes inspiration for the creation of her figures from the ancient Arab world and, by appropriately reworking their history and customs, she arrives at her own personal interpretation of the characters of the time.While the terracotta statues of the traditional nativity scene, such as the Neapolitan ones, are built starting from a fabric skeleton covered with clothes to which the ends in terracotta are applied, the statues of Angela Tripi have a fully formed bodies.In fact, they are modeled naked and, subsequently, painted and dressed with fabrics and small jewels. These details give the statue an amazing realism.The artist manages to give her creations personality, charisma and charm. Expression lines, grimaces, tense muscles, etc. often emerge clearly. Furthermore, it must be added that while a traditional statue, through the stillness of a gesture, recalls a profession or a character, admiring these works we realize that there is a story behind those faces and those looks, a life with a before and an after moment.If you know how to grasp the soul of a statue, you can also understand in what instant Tripi is photographing it and what it wants to express. The craftsmanship of each statue makes each piece always different.