Black Wise King 30 cm Angela TripI Nativity Scene

Black Wise King from the 30 cm nativity scene by Angela Tripi. The Wise King kneels before the Savior to adore him and offer his gift. He is dressed in regal, finely crafted clothes. His gaze is fixed on our Savior and, despite the long journey, his face shows serenity and wonder. Each nativity scene figure by Angela Tripi is characterized by richness of detail, charisma and expressive strength. Unlike the terracotta statues of the traditional nativity scene, which are built starting from a skeleton covered with clothes to which the extremities of the limbs (hands, feet and head) are applied, the statues of the artist Angela Tripi have a completely formed body: they are modeled naked and subsequently dressed, giving the statue itself an astonishing realism. Details such as expression wrinkles, tense muscles, tendons, open and well-defined fingers often emerge clearly. And, finally, while a traditional statue, through the static nature of a gesture, recalls a profession or a characteristic character, admiring these works one realizes that there is always a before and an after to the scene, one finds oneself in front of history, photographed by the artist at a particular moment in his life.