E. Pottery (painted) Ancient Mexico. G. Early Greek Stone Carving. Treasury of Minyas at Orchomenos, Boeotia. H. Assyrian Stone Carving. Sacred Hom or Palm. ] [Illustration: No. 230. The Evolute Scroll in Savage Art. A. B. C. Spatula Handles, Carved Wood, New Guinea. D. Detail on Paddle, Carved Wood, New Guinea. E. Maori Chief’s Staff Handle, Carved Wood. F. Detail from Tattooed Maori Head. G. Engraved Bamboo, Borneo. H. Carved Wood Detail, New Guinea. ] of a series of scrolling forms, as also did much of the ornament of the illuminated Gothic work and mural decoration. The desire for variety and mass lead eventually to the employment of diverse elements, arising in many instances from different treatment of existing details; thus, during the Renaissance, the side view of a poppy-like flower suggested and became a profile mask, and the husk leaf was frequently elaborated into the form of a dolphin. [Illustration: No. 231. Scroll & Anthemion Ornament from Greek Vase Paintings.] _Early Renderings_ The evolute scroll which plays so conspicuous a part in Greek art, was employed at earlier periods by the Egyptians and Chaldeans, and the widespread appreciation and use of this form of detail is plainly indicative that it was not disseminated from any one centre. In the early employment of these curved forms there is no evidence of natural suggestion, but later, leaves and floral details were added conveying the idea of growth. In Egyptian and Assyrian art certain natural types occur, such as the Lotus, Papyrus and the Palm, but these were utterly denaturalised, all realism being eliminated. These conventions, though incidentally decorative, were invested with symbolic meaning with which their employment was concerned rather than with the imitation of natural form. _The Anthemion_ [Illustration: No. 232. Greek Anthemion. Relief Treatment.] The Anthemion alone or in conjunction with the scroll or evolute line, appears in a painted form in the Greek vase decoration. Examination of these will reveal evidence of brush-work, the separate details being the result of direct flexion. In sculptured form it appears in the Antefixe, also as a cresting or finial to the stele heads, the separate radial features being channelled with sunken grooves or with ridges in relief. [Illustration: No. 233. Greek Scroll from Choragic Monument of Lysikrates, Athens. Carved Stone.] It is conceivable that the attenuated effect of the mere scrolling line suggested the desirability of the occasional mass and variety that would be obtained by employing leaves. _Greek Sculptured Ornament_ [Illustration: No. 234. Wrought Iron Scroll. Detail of Hinge, Notre Dame, Paris. Early French Gothic.]