Eastern Western culture, is fundamentally different. Therefore, the performance arts are also different. About the subjective weight of Oriental Art, Western Art focus on objective. Oriental art of poetry, Western art is drama. Therefore, in painting, Chinese painting heavy charm and re-shape of Western painting. Comparison between any of the following five different points:
(A) Sheng of Chinese painting with lines, lines of Western painting is not significant. Most of the lines is not the original images, is the artist to represent the two images of the realm. For example, Chinese painting, the depiction of an egg-shaped line represents the people's faces, in fact, no such person around the face line, this line is the boundary of the face and background. And a L-shaped line represents the picturesque people nose, in fact, have no such lines on the nose, this line is the boundary of the nose and face. Another example landscapes, flowers, kind and no cable, and artists with a line Sheng. Special lines in the landscape called "texture strokes." Special characters in the line called "folds." Research efforts are difficult. Western painting to otherwise, only the matter sector, the sector is not described on the line. So much like the kind of Western painting and Chinese painting like kind, glance it as art. Cover Chinese paintings and calligraphy homologous with the writing, like painting, free sway, the disclosure of mind. 19th century, Westerners see Chinese paintings flying lines, very like Mu, they imitate them, that is, a "post-Impressionism." However, before the late Impressionist Western painting, lines are not significant.
(B) do not pay attention to perspective of Chinese painting, Western painting very focused perspective. Perspective, that is, the performance of three-dimensional objects in the plane. Western painting real objects sought resemblance, it is very particular about perspective. Look at the streets of Western painting, housing, furniture, utensils, etc., are correct form, as competing with the real thing. If the corridor of the circumstances described, competing in a few inches of the distance to the local Expressed Shu Zhang. If the scan positive (standing view of the Central Railway) railway, competing in a few inches of the number of local Expressed in the distance. Chinese painting to otherwise, does not like painting streets, houses, furniture, utensils and other three-dimensional phase very significant things, and happy to write clouds, mountains, trees, waterfalls and other graphic materials such as natural Yuanwang things. Housing artifacts occasionally described, nor pay attention to perspective, and any performance. For example, drawing a deep courtyard scene, the Qulang chamber, to make lines that fly the air like when one sees; Besides, we have not seen for a time, but it is flying, fly fly, the few times the see. Therefore, hand-rolled Chinese painting, landscape stretching Shu Zhang, as is seen in the train. Set pieces of Chinese painting, landscape many piles, as seen in the aircraft. Because the Chinese people, like painting with poetry, want to be there, painting there, can not be bound by the perspective. So perspective of Chinese painting will be wrong sometimes. But this mistake does not matter. We can not use the law to criticize Western painting Chinese painting.
(C) do not speak anatomy of Oriental Painting, Western Painting heavy anatomy. Anatomy, skeletal muscle is the body shape of the performance. Westerners for the figure, we must first study anatomy. This anatomical English Dubbed anatomy for art students, the art of anatomy. So different from those of its physiological anatomy physiological anatomy departments about the structure and function of the human body, art is more specifically about the performance of anatomical shape. Skeletal muscles but also must memorize the names of all the abnormal shape, is a hard science. But Western artists have to learn. Because the focus on realism of Western painting, with the real body must have the same description. However, the Chinese figure painter never need this knowledge. Chinese figure painting, the sole purpose of Expressed Attitude features the characters, but not about the size and the proportion of people ministries. Therefore, Chinese Painting in the man, looks odd old, the first body is not known. Woman Crescent lips, Xiaojian waist. If these people's clothes off, the shape of terrible. But not only tolerated, but it is the benefits of Chinese painting. The strong desire of Chinese painting impression, so the expansion characteristics of the characters, so that by the magnificent men and women by Qian Li, and fully demonstrate its character. So do not use the symbol of realistic law method. Not for the shape, and find quite similar.
(D) the background of Chinese painting is not heavy, heavy background of Western painting. Chinese painting is not heavy background, such as writing clubs, a suspension of air, surrounded by white paper. Written characters, a man hanging the air, coming in a cloud like the general. Therefore, Chinese painting drawing paper, leaving many empty room. A long paper describes a dish or the bottom of a stone to become a set piece. Western painting to otherwise, all things must have the background, such as Guo Wu, whose background as a table. Characters, the background for indoor or outdoor. Therefore, all Tiantu screen, leaving blank. Chinese painting and Western painting this difference, but also realistic and vivid as the difference for us. Western painting realistic weight, it will describe the background. Re Chinese painting vivid, it will remove the trivial and close-up of its themes, in order to clear a strong impression.
(E) subject to the natural-based Oriental painting, Western painting themes to the main characters. Before the Han dynasty Chinese painting, but also to figure as the main theme. However, the Tang Dynasty, landscape that is independent. Until today, the landscape often Zhengge Chinese painting. Western from the Greek times, has been the main theme characters. Medieval religious paintings, most of the people as his subject. For example, "Last Judgement", "victory of death", etc., numerous characters in a painting. Until the 19th century, the tenor has a separate landscape. Landscape after independence figure does not give way, nude in Western painting today is still the main theme.
The five, is a Chinese painting and Western painting and different point. It can be seen interesting lofty Chinese painting and western painting plain fun. Therefore, for art research, Western painting Chinese painting is less than profound. For people to appreciate Chinese painting is less than the ordinary Western painting.
