Woman with dove figure 30 cm, Tripi nativity

Woman with dove figure for 30 cm nativity by Angela Tripi.
The woman is depicted sitting in a market square and ready to conclude a sale: the day was not very profitable and she tries in some way to attract people's attention. Yet everyone seems distracted by something, perhaps it is the fault of that star that is lighting up the sky that points a way out of the village.Each character in Angela Tripi's nativity scene is characterized by a strong attention to detail.For the creation of her figures, Angela Tripi takes inspiration from the ancient Arab world and, by appropriately reworking the history and customs, she arrives at her own personal interpretation of the characters of the time.While the terracotta statues of the traditional nativity scene (for example the Neapolitan ones) are built starting from a tow skeleton covered with clothes to which the ends in terracotta are applied, the statues of Angela Tripi have a fully formed bodies.In fact, they are modeled naked and, subsequently, painted and dressed with fabrics and small jewels, details capable of giving the statue an amazing realism.The artist manages to give her creations personality, charisma and charm: expression lines, grimaces, tense muscles, etc. often emerge clearly. Furthermore, it must be added that while a traditional statue, through the stillness of a gesture, recalls a profession or a character, admiring these works we realize that there is a story behind those faces and those looks, a life with a before and an after.If you know how to grasp the soul of a statue, you can also understand in what instant Tripi is photographing it and what it wants to express. The craftsmanship of each nativity statue makes each piece always different, therefore unique. 100% made in Italy.