Additional Learning Resources for the Adventures in Italy:

Adventure 5: Lesson 3: A is for Atlas

Atlas is another masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created by Michalengleo in the year 1505, for the Pope Julius ll’s huge, free standing tomb. Today we will learn more about it, color our own Atlas Coloring page, spell out his name and watch some fun videos below. Feel free to mix + match our flash cards from The Masterpiece Alphabet in with any of your adventures!

Feel free to Re-Watch this Art Lesson About Michelangelo and Atlas:

Watch a Masterpiece Emerge from Stone by National Geographic:

Watch “Art is a Process: by AmorSciendi about “the Slaves” which were originally designed for Pope Julius ll’s Tomb.

Learn more about the Pope Julius ll here, the Sistine Chapel here, and the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence here.

Here is a wonderful Documentary on Michelanglo’s life:

The Unfinished Slave Statues are really amazing, and have been seen in a few places in Florence. We will be learning more about them in our next Adventures in Italy coming soon!

Things to think about….

  1. What do you like most about Michelangelo’s Atlas sculpture?

  2. What do you think you would feel like, if you had the weight of the world on your shoulders, like Atlas?

  3. Have you ever created process art before? The art is in the process or the journey.

  4. Do you have any stories, or characters that speak to you, that you might like to create art about? Michelangelo would use legends and Bible stories to influence him in his art.

  5. Have you ever created an art piece that you didn’t finish? If so, go and search for it. Keep it on hand for our next Adventures. Think about what you might do with it, if you were to re-use it or create a new piece of art with it.

We hope you are enjoying your time with the Build Your Masterpiece Class Adventures, and would love to see your creations!

Come share your finished Atlas Coloring Page with us on IG by tagging us @build_your_masterpiece_class or share within our private Facebook Group, where I am always there to encourage you! ~ Alexandra