Farnese Atlas

The Farnese Atlas is a very old statue of a man holding the world on his shoulders. It was made a very long time ago by some very talented artists out of a very hard material called marble. The statue is very big and heavy, which means that it takes a lot of strength to move it around. The Farnese Atlas is so special because it is a work of art that people have been looking at and admiring for many hundreds of years. People like to look at it because it is very beautiful and realistic, and it helps them to imagine what it would be like to hold up the whole world!