Egyptian Art: Old Kingdom c. 3100-2100 BC

• A convention of simplification and formalization begins in art and remains essentially unchanged throughout ancient Egyptian history. For example: The stylized approach to the representation of the human figure remains constant as does the consistency in use of the canon of proportions.
• The Narmer Palette:
  Commemorating the Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt - and King Narmer
• The symbol in the middle at the top of each side is Narmer written in heiroglyphs, it is a catfish and a chisel.
• [The event many Egyptians saw as marking the beginning of their civilization 3200B.C.E., Height 25”