Bare Chested Shepard Nativity 30 cm Angela Tripi

Bare chested shepard Nativity statue 30 cm Angela Tripi.
The statue is adapted for a 30 cm nativity, not actual size.


The man's attention is attracted by a luminous trail in the sky, a comet. He stops to look amazed and fearful: despite his size and his muscles he struggles from his daily tiring routine, he has a strange sensation. Soon his fears will turn into joy in the presence of the Savior. Every figure of Angela Tripi's scene is characterized by a strong attention to detail. The artist takes inspiration from the tradition of the ancient Arab world and, by re-elaborating the history and customs appropriately, comes to a personal interpretation of the characters of the time. While the traditional terracotta statues of the nativity scene are constructed starting from a skeleton frame covered with clothes to which the extremities are applied (head and limbs), the artist Angela Tripi's statues have a completely formed body: they are modeled nude and subsequently dressed with fabrics and small jewels, details capable of giving the statue an amazing realistic look.The artist manages to give personality, charisma and charm to the creations. Details such as; wrinkles, grins, tendons, tense muscles emerge clearly. Above all, while a traditional statue, through the static nature of a gesture remembers of a trade or a character, admiring these works you realize that there is a story behind those faces and those looks, a life, that Tripi does nothing but capture the essence of a particular time. The craftsmanship of each statue makes each piece always different and one of a kind.