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| The naturalistic rendering of this figure and his left-foot-forward stride are common artistic conventions in the Early Dynastic Period. |
Early Dynastic Period
3100 - 2686 B.C.
1st and 2nd Dynasties
Politics:
Menes, the first pharaoh, unites Upper and Lower Egypt in about 3100 B.C., founding the world’s first nation-state. He establishes the capital at Memphis, near the modern city of Cairo.
Art:
A strong central government supports the work of scribes, sculptors, and other artists and encourages new artistic methods:
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Important men and women are depicted clothed and with more natural proportions.
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The traditional and symbolic positions of seated and standing figures are established.
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Enormous royal and private tombs manifest the beginnings of the quest for monumentality. |
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