Nativity scene Angela Tripi 18 cm terracotta

Nativity scene Angela Tripi 18 cm terracotta
Nativity scene Angela Tripi 18 cm terracotta, terracotta statues for nativity scene (Joseph with Mary and Baby Jesus). The holy family is the nucleus of the nativity scene. The parents arre close to the Son of God to adore him. Mary and Joseph express many feelings at the sight of Baby Jesus: astonishment, fear, tenderness and happiness. The miracle that will change the world forever is in front of their eyes. Each figure of this nativity scene is characterized by an extrordinary variety of details, charisma and expressive force. Normally the traditional nativity scene statues are built starting from a skeleton which is dressed with clothes, and then the hands, feet and head are added. In this case the body of the statues is entirely formed: the body is modelled and then the clothes are added. So the clothes dress the body, in an extrordinary realism. Often details like tense muscles, tendons, the expression wrinkles, the open defined fingers emerge. Another difference is that traditional statues remember an action or a profession through a static movement, while admiring these statues a "before" and "after"exists: we are in front of the story of a man or a woman, "photographed in a particular moment of their life.