Shepherd holding sheep 13 cm Angela Tripi

Shepherd holding sheep 13 cm Angela Tripi
Shepherd walking towards the cave of Bethlehem with a sheep on his shoulder to bring it as a gift to Baby Jesus. Each statue of the nativity scene Angela Tripi is characterized by an extraordinary richness of details, charm and expressive force. Normally the traditional nativity scene terracotta statues are built starting from an upholstered skeleton applying the hands, feet and head in the second phase. In the case of the Angela Tripi statues, the body is built and moulded first and then the clothes are applied. So the clothes "dress" the statues conferring an extraordinary realism to them. Often the details emerge clearly like the tense muscles, the tendons, the expression wrinkles, the defined open fingers of hands and feat. Most of all, while the traditional statues are static and represent an action or a profession, admiring these artworks the story of a man or a woman can be told, "photographed" in a certain moment of their life.