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?
Chinese traditional painting style emphasizes the expression of artistic conception and the inherent truths of nature, while foreign paintings focus on realism and the objective depiction of things.
For the Chinese traditional painting,they are more likely to convey the emotion and conception.While the Western landscape painting is foucus on the realism.
Chinese painting pays attention to freehand brushwork and blank expression of artistic conception. Western painting pursuit of realism and perspective of visual representation.
The differences in emphasis between Chinese painting and Western painting are that Western painting only depicts scenery, while Chinese painting emphasizes the artistic conception
Chinese traditional painting emphasizes expressing emotions and spiritual realm, while Western landscape painting focuses on restoring realistic scenes
1. Chinese paintings favor freehand brushwork and empty space for artistic conception. Western paintings use more realistic, structured layouts with perspective. Their layout styles differ greatly.
2. These points are partly reasonable but limited. They see surface differences but ignore the rich meanings and diverse expressions in both. Each art form has unique values.
Chinese works emphasize spirit and mood with empty spaces and abstract brushwork, while Western ones stress perspective and detail pursuing lifelike forms and light effects.
The core difference between Chinese traditional painting (especially landscape painting, "Shanshui Hua") and Western landscape painting lies in their core pursuit and expression methods: Chinese traditional landscape focuses on "conveying the spirit through form" to express the painter’s inner temperament and philosophical thoughts, while Western landscape emphasizes "imitating nature" to accurately reproduce the realistic appearance of the landscape.