Scroll painting is largely an East Asian art genre. The Chinese landscape scroll, which is that culture's greatest contribution to the history of painting, and the Japanese narrative scroll, which expanded painting's storytelling ability, are two examples of the two major styles. the Virgin of the Rocks and his renowned Mona Lisa painting. He described Scroll as "without lines or borders, like smoke."
The first "illustrative" Chinese scrolls date from the late 4th century AD and offer Buddhist moral principles. By the seventh century, the continuous scroll form had reached its pinnacle. A scroll of this type is opened from right to left and seen on a table.