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2. Your idea on the difference between Chinese traditional painting and western landscape painting.

By 张婷 老师 09-07 2361次浏览

1)Describe: from the layout of the paintings, what are the obvious differences between Chinese and Western paintings?
2)Argue: Some western scholars argue, based on the apparent formal differences between Chinese and Western landscape paintings, first that the Chinese have the idea of“heaven and man merging into one”( tian ren heyi   天人合一), man is not separated from nature and Chinese landscape thus represents pure nature with no human  figures in the center"; second, "Western landscape tends to be more realistic than its Chinese counterpart". How do you agree with these two points? Do they seem reasonable to you? What do they see? What do they overlook?

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  • 袁森3班 29天前

    China painters pay attention to realism and focus on scenery; Western painters give priority to human and emphasize the importance of human more.

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  • 6班杨伟 29天前

    To be honest,I do not really know its diffence.From my view, I think the painting of west more focus on specific animal ,but the painting of China centers on natural scenery.We are good at depicting more content by less elements that were showed in picture.

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  • 3班王璐瑶 29天前

    Chinese paintings emphasize a balance between likeness and unlikeness in their works, while Western paintings focus more on resemblance.

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  • 夏芝玲8班 29天前

    Chinese painting leaves more space to imagine.Western paintings pay more attention to composition rules such as "symmetry" and the "golden section".

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  • 3班陈美伶 29天前

    The core difference in layout lies in the spatial concept and visual focus, which directly reflects the two cultures’ distinct views on the world.Chinese paintings advocate "scattered perspective"  and Western paintings prioritize "linear perspective".

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  • 翁嘉羚4班 29天前

    Chinese painting is a poem about the heart of nature. Western painting is a photo of the face of nature.

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  • 刘银盈7班 29天前

    Chinese paintings often use landscapes to express emotions and convey truths, while Western paintings tend to focus on presenting a real story or a powerful scene.

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  • 张峻娴7班 29天前

    Chinese paintings are commobly vertical scrolls and focus on the landscapes, whereas Western paintings use more different scrolls to describe the whole scene.

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  • 可爱多不可爱 29天前

    Chinese paintings' emotional expression is more reserved and implicit.

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  • 7班朱筱雅 29天前

    Chinese painting is inward-looking. It explores the harmonious relationship between man and nature, between the heart and the universe, and is a philosophical and poetic art.. Western painting is outward-looking. The challenge is how to simulate the visual effect of the three-dimensional world in a two-dimensional plane in a scientific way.

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  • 阿丽娜7班 29天前

    Chinese painting focuses on concept and man-nature unity, but Western landscape painting on realism and perspective

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  • 2班余冰倩 29天前

    Chinese paintings use scattered perspective and blank space to convey artistic conception. Western ones adopt linear perspective, with rich elements to highlight visual impact. Chinese painting emphasizes freehand brushwork , while Western painting emphasizes realism.

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  • 6班张惠莹 29天前

    The lines of Chinese painting have rich cultural connotations, while Western painting focuses on light and shadow and color.

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  • 德滋措姆23级2班 29天前

    Chinese painting: centers on brush and ink, emphasizing the variations in thickness, dryness, wetness, and density of lines

    Western painting:is to reproduce objects through light, shadow and color

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  • 陈丽莎 29天前

    Technically Chinese paintings often employ a scattered perspective and the layout tends to be fluid, with empty spaces .Western paintings typically adhere to a fixed linear perspective. Chinese paintings prioritize spiritual essence over physical likeness.Chinese art seeks to capture the essence of a subject, which is a form of realism beyond physical appearance.

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  • 7班朱筱雅 29天前

    Chinese painting is inward-looking. It explores the harmonious relationship between man and nature, between the heart and the universe, and is a philosophical and poetic art.. Western painting is outward-looking. The challenge is how to simulate the visual effect of the three-dimensional world in a two-dimensional plane in a scientific way.

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  • HTJAmlkORa 29天前

    Claiming Western landscape paintings are more realistic is one-sided, as Chinese "freehand" style isn’t unrealistic, and Western works also include non-realistic types.

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  • 8班赵绿宇 29天前

    Chinese paintings use scattered perspective and blank space to convey artistic conception. Western ones adopt linear perspective, with rich elements to highlight visual impact. Chinese painting emphasizes freehand brushwork , while Western painting emphasizes realism.

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  • 钱函壹4班 29天前

    These two arguments about Chinese and Western landscape paintings have partial surface rationality—they note Chinese "unity of heaven and man" and Western realism—but overlook the traditions’ internal diversity and complexity.

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  • 7班钟傲雪 29天前

    Western scholars partially recognize the superficial "harmony" in Chinese tian ren heyi and Western realism but overlook human presence in Chinese landscapes and the diversity of artistic styles.

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  • 徐雪玲五班 29天前

    Chinese painting is not without people, but it conveys information with artistic conception. Sometimes when we see some beautiful scenery, we Chinese people will sigh and say wow, it's like the scenery in Chinese painting. Therefore, Chinese painting is inseparable from people.

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  • 王雅倩2班 29天前

    Chinese landscape paintings still feature human figures, but they are not fictional. They simply do not emphasize a realistic style. Chinese landscape paintings are more often presented in a way that conveys the artistic conception, much like the difference between free translation and literal translation in language. We choose to interpret reality in a way that is akin to free translation.

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  • 4班张童 29天前

    Chinese painting emphasizes the unity of man and nature, but emphasizes the existence of human beings.

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  • 赵天恩20202305 29天前

    overlook the implicit presence of "humans" in Chinese paintings such as fishing boats and thatched cottages imply human activities 

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  • 苏静珣2班 29天前

    I don't agree with this view. In Chinese landscape paintings, there are also people, but the emphasis of the depiction lies in the landscape rather than the people, thus the presence of people is weakened. Secondly, Chinese landscape paintings are realistic and can better express the artistic conception and form of the landscape.

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  • 罗义骁2023级2班 29天前

    Chinese painting mainly focuses on landscapes, and having too many characters can weaken its expressive power

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  • 6班贾晶雯 29天前

    Disagree.Chinese landscape painting emphasizes brushwork, and seeks to convey the artist's emotion and natural charm through pen and ink, rather than realism.

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  • 吴牧遥2班 29天前

    Both Chinese and Western paintings will discribe humans and reality. Just the methods of expression is different.

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  • 5班邓雯文 29天前

    These views are flawed. They misread Chinese art—many Chinese landscapes have human figures (e.g., scholars) as harmony symbols, not "pure nature". Western art also has non-realistic landscapes, denying their "more realistic" claim.

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  • 英语2班磨柯同 29天前

    Of course, people can be found in Chinese landscape paintings.No, Chinese landscape paintings are also based on real scenes. It's just that the paintings often combine with poetic sentiments, so there are many imaginative elements beyond reality.

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