Nativity Holy Family, 18 cm Tripi
Nativity Holy Family, 18 cm Tripi.
The nativity scene is made of terracotta and cloth by the art lab of Angela Tripi, Sicily.
Mary is sitting with her Son in her arms: she looks at him with love and wonder. Joseph kneels to watch the scene, with immense joy on his face.
Angela Tripi manages to create statues characterized by an extraordinary expressive power with great skill.
It must be remembered that these shepherds have their bodies completely formed, while normally, for example in the Neapoli...
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Nativity Holy Family, 18 cm Tripi.
The nativity scene is made of terracotta and cloth by the art lab of Angela Tripi, Sicily.
Mary is sitting with her Son in her arms: she looks at him with love and wonder. Joseph kneels to watch the scene, with immense joy on his face.
Angela Tripi manages to create statues characterized by an extraordinary expressive power with great skill.
It must be remembered that these shepherds have their bodies completely formed, while normally, for example in the Neapolitan nativity, they are built with a fabric skeleton to which the ends are applied.
The statues of Angela Tripi instead have the terracotta body "dressed" in cloth.
The peculiarity that makes these statues of the nativity unique is that they communicate with each other and with the observer through the look their everyday life, telling us about their life.
Details such as muscles or expression lines, as well as hands in particular positions (open and with well-defined fingers) often emerge clearly.
Angela Tripi succeeds in giving each shepherd an astonishing realism: her shepherds will never be equal to each other, rending each unique.
