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

By 张婷 老师 26天前 2345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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  • 蒋庆煜2023级16班 25天前

    Chinese landscape painting focuses on a whole instead of parts. 

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  • 韩博雅11班 25天前

    Not all Chinese landscape paintings are "without central human figures", nor do they represent absolutely objective "pure nature". Even when there are no human figures in the paintings, they still implicitly contain the painter's emotions and philosophical thoughts.

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  • 王涵10班 25天前

    I partly agree. The point captures Chinese philosophy's emphasis on harmony with nature, though it overlooks subtle human traces. 

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  • 曾皓域9班 25天前

    Yes,I agre with the concept of tianrenheyi in Chinese landscape paintings. Outline the magnificent nature.

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  • 陈小桠10班 25天前

    2. These views are one-sided.They notice the apparent absence of human figures in Chinese paintings but overlook the humanistic spirit conveyed through seals.  They recognize Western techniques of realism but fail to understand that Chinese painting values essence over form. 

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  • 11班彭情兰 25天前

    Part of the ideas are not true. Some Chinese landscape paintings have people, who are very small. And some Chinese paintings would depict reality to some extent.

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  • 11班何嘉轩 25天前

    The scholars’ points are partially valid but oversimplify. They capture cultural influences but ignore internal diversity and evolving artistic goals.

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  • 梁希恩9班 25天前

    They misread Chinese "negative space" as "pure nature" and ignore its spiritual role; narrow Western art to realism, neglecting non-representational styles; and equate "tian ren heyi" with "no central humans".

     

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  • 沈颜丽18班 25天前

    (1)Chinese: the painting is people

              Western: people is in the painting

    (2)I don't agree with that point: 

    Chinese : showing the reality of feeling

    Western: showing the reality of visual sense

    Sentimentality and Idealism

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  • 缪文丽11班 25天前

    Chinese paintings do not completely lack human figures; instead, they express the presence of people in an implicit way.

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  • 范海东11班 25天前

    Chinese traditional pantings center on the nature, but western landscape pantings focus more on human being.

    “heaven and man merging into one” have two cores. One is human, the second is nature. 

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  • 吴星怡16班 25天前

    Chinese landscape paintings pursue "artistic conception" and are not without realism; it's just that their way of realism is different from that of the West. Moreover, there are also non - realistic Western landscape paintings, such as some works of modernist schools.

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  • 秦艺16班 25天前

    2)The former:human goes entirely into nature,growing up in nature.

         The latter:human is focused on in nature obviously.

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  • 罗春雪10班 25天前

    Chinese traditional painting emphases the poetic imagery beauty. They portray the natural landscape, but we can feel the potential  concept of tha artist and the artist adds his own emotion into the works. 

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  • 张坤19班 25天前

    implications/realistic painting

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  • 邱灿国19 25天前

    Partly reasonable. Chinese paintings reflect "tian ren heyi" via scattered perspective and blank space; Western ones lean into realism with linear perspective. Chinese works often have subtle human figures.

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  • 黄源2023级19班 25天前

    They notice Chinese harmony with nature and Western realism, yet ignore that Chinese art also integrates humans naturally, and Western art has many non-realistic styles.

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  • 邹宇10班 25天前

    They saw the emphasis on "harmony between heaven and man" in Chinese painting and the pursuit of realism in Western painting. However, they overlooked that Chinese painting can also cleverly incorporate humanistic elements, while Western landscape painting is not always purely realistic and has various artistic styles, such as Western Impressionist works.

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  • 李秋颖10班 25天前

    The views have merit as they note Chinese "harmony with nature" and Western realism, but overlook the spiritual depth of Chinese art and the diversity of Western artistic approaches.

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  • 秦健溶17班 25天前

    China's landscape paintings are more emotional expressions, aiming to show the understanding of nature and all things on the earth, while western landscape paintings are closer to the records like photos.

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  • 彭亚旋16班 25天前

    disagree,

    1.Chinese landscape painting does not solely focus on scenery without people; rather, it integrates human figures into the natural environment without emphasizing them as the main subject, reflecting the concept of "天人合一"

    2.both realistic

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  • 李姿娴16班 25天前

    China's landscape painting pursues a deep "truth", not visually, but philosophically and spiritually.

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  • 18班岳雨柔 25天前

    When nature and human figures are combined, the figures are small while the natural landscape is grand. However, not all Chinese landscape paintings have a central figure. They conform to the Western tradition but fail to see that modern Western landscape paintings have transcended realism.

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  • 谭悦18班 25天前

    There are indeed people who study Chinese painting. Western scholars have noticed the differences in form, but they misinterpreted the profound philosophical depth behind these differences, and wrongly attributed the active choice of Chinese painting to a "deficiency".

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  • 李小雪9班 25天前

    2、This viewpoint is summarized as "overall label", but it neglects the internal diversity of the genres and specific details on both sides

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  • 19.王星月 25天前

    Chinese landscape is not only symbolize nature, the feelings, intentions, emotions of people are all lies in nature. Chinese landscape often tends to reflect instead of describing realistic things 

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  • 刘星宇十班 25天前

    i think they are partially reasonable,they note "tian ren heyi"’s role in Chinese landscapes and Western realism,but overlook subtle human elements in Chinese works

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  • 刘语欣19班 25天前

    I disagree. Traditional Chinese painting does often use scenery as the main theme to convey emotions, which is more subtle, but it does not mean that there is no human presence in the painting.

    There are also paintings with illusory themes in the West, which present imagined and abstract things.

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  • 18班李绒 25天前

    Chinese painting freehand Western painting image photography

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  • 李佳倩23级16班 25天前

     These two points are overly absolute.Many Chinese landscape paintings contain subtle human elements,such as a small thatched hut, a fisherman; moreover, Western art also has non-realistic landscape traditions,such as Impressionism.

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