Angel standing 30 cm, nativity Angela Tripi

Angel standing 30 cm, nativity Angela Tripi.
The nativity angel gets close to the villagers to announce the coming of Our Lord. The graceful movements serve not to frighten them, dozing before the fire during the night. The angels, messengers of God, act as intermediaries between heaven and earth and awaken men from the sleep of the mind. Angela Tripi manages to create statues characterized by an extraordinary expressive power with great skill.It must be remembered that these shepherds have completely formed bodies, while the typical nativities, for example in the Neapolitan crib, start with a fabric skeleton to which the ends are applied. The nativity statues of Angela Tripi instead have the terracotta body "dressed" in cloth. The peculiarity that makes these nativity figurines unique is that they communicate with each other and with the observer through the look and the facial expression. Each statue is depicted at a precise and particular moment in their everyday life, telling us about his life, before and after that moment. 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: rending each piece unique and one of a kind. Adapted for a 30 cm nativity scene.