History of art development of sculpture -figures from Greek to Michelangelo

A history of art powerpoint showing key sculptural examples from the early Paleolithic sculpture to the work of Michelangelo showing all the key developments in form to show more realism.

There are lots of notes to provoke discussion in the class on the different sculptures.

Various comparative tasks can be given to develop students ability to analyse the sculptural forms.

This also tells the story of art and the development of sculptural form in Art and how art develops through the ages from Paleleolithic, Egyptian, Greek - Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic Art and Gothic Art following with Early Renaissance and the work of Donatello to the work of Michelangelo in Late Renaissance.

Students learn about key sculptures to develop their knowledge of art and begin to understand how sculptural form developed.

There is a beginning of understanding how the first sculpture was a small fertility form - the Venus of Willendorf and how this was used to empower people and how this then develops to capture the emotion and pathos in the work of Mary Magdalene by Donatello.

Many comparisons can be drawn and it enables students to see the development of form and so understand the history of art.