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A dievdirbys ("god maker", plural: dievdirbiai) is a Lithuanian wood carver who creates statues of Jesus and the Christian saints in more recent times, but used to create statues of the Lithuanian pagan deities. The art is closely related to Lithuanian cross crafting, listed among Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The statues are carved according to artistic conventions developed over the centuries following Lithuania's adoption of Christianity. They are displayed along roadsides, in cemeteries, and in chapels or churches.

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  • A dievdirbys ("god maker", plural: dievdirbiai) is a Lithuanian wood carver who creates statues of Jesus and the Christian saints in more recent times, but used to create statues of the Lithuanian pagan deities. The art is closely related to Lithuanian cross crafting, listed among Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The statues are carved according to artistic conventions developed over the centuries following Lithuania's adoption of Christianity. They are displayed along roadsides, in cemeteries, and in chapels or churches. Popular figures are of Saint Roch, the Pietà, John of Nepomuk, Saint Casimir, the Nativity, Pensive Christ (known as rūpintojėlis), Saint Florian, Saint George, Saint Anthony, Saint Agatha, and Saint Isidore the Laborer. Using basic tools, the sculptures were carved out of linden wood, or occasionally oak, and sometimes painted. Along with three-dimensional sculptures, relief and bas-relief were also cultivated. The works decorate the altars of rural churches, of portable church altars, processional banners, aediculas, dwellings, and barns. The Stations of the Cross often feature these works as well. (en)
  • Dievdirbys (plural: dievdirbiai, literalmente "Escultores de Deus") são escultores em madeira Lituanos que produzem estátuas de Jesus e dos Santos Cristãos. Sua arte, está intriscecamente relacionada com o fabrico de cruzes, listado entre as Obras-primas do Patrimônio Oral e Imaterial da Humanidade, pela UNESCO. As estátuas são esculpidas de acordo com convenções artísticas antiqüíssimas, que precedem até mesmo a Cristianização da Lituânia. Os ícones são dispostos ao longo de estradas, cemitérios, capelas e igrejas. As figuras mais popularmente esculpidas são as de São Roque, São João Nepomuceno, São Casimiro, a Natividade, O Cristo Pensativo (conhecido como rūpintojėlis), São Floriano, São Jorge, Santo Antônio, Santa Águeda e Santo Isidoro. Fazendo uso de ferramentas elementares, as esculturas são feitas de pedaços inteiriços de carvalho, e ocasionalmente pintadas. Para além das figuras tridimensionais, são esculpidos, ainda, tábuas em relevo e em baixo-relevo, as quais se usam na decoração de altares de igrejas rurais, estandartes de procissões, edículas, habitações e celeiros. As Estações da Via-Scra, ocasionalmente, também ostentam trabalhos desse tipo. (pt)
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  • A dievdirbys ("god maker", plural: dievdirbiai) is a Lithuanian wood carver who creates statues of Jesus and the Christian saints in more recent times, but used to create statues of the Lithuanian pagan deities. The art is closely related to Lithuanian cross crafting, listed among Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The statues are carved according to artistic conventions developed over the centuries following Lithuania's adoption of Christianity. They are displayed along roadsides, in cemeteries, and in chapels or churches. (en)
  • Dievdirbys (plural: dievdirbiai, literalmente "Escultores de Deus") são escultores em madeira Lituanos que produzem estátuas de Jesus e dos Santos Cristãos. Sua arte, está intriscecamente relacionada com o fabrico de cruzes, listado entre as Obras-primas do Patrimônio Oral e Imaterial da Humanidade, pela UNESCO. As estátuas são esculpidas de acordo com convenções artísticas antiqüíssimas, que precedem até mesmo a Cristianização da Lituânia. Os ícones são dispostos ao longo de estradas, cemitérios, capelas e igrejas. (pt)
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  • Dievdirbys (en)
  • Dievdirbys (pt)
  • Криждирбисте (ru)
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