dievdirbys
Sign in to saveDievdirbys ("God worker/craftsman", plural: ) is a Lithuanian wood carver who crafts Catholic statues of Jesus and the Christian saints. In the 18th-20th centuries, self-taught poor peasants mostly did it. The art is closely related to Lithuanian cross crafting, listed among Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
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Dievdirbys ("God worker/craftsman", plural: ) is a Lithuanian wood carver who crafts Catholic statues of Jesus and the Christian saints. In the 18th-20th centuries, self-taught poor peasants mostly did it. The art is closely related to Lithuanian cross crafting, listed among Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
The carvers frequently carved sculptures depicting Jesus Christ either Pensive (in Lithuanian ) or Crucified, the Mother of God Mary (as the Pietà, Our Lady of Sorrows, the Gracious), saints (Saint George, Saint Anne, Agatha of Sicily, John of Nepomuk, Isidore the Laborer, and others). Other popular figures are the Nativity, Saint Casimir, Saint Roch, Saint Florian, Saint Anthony.