What's the difference between Chinese and western traditional painting?

Traditional painting in China: Chinese painting emphasizes verve. Painting pays attention to conception, meaning first and thinking in images, and the unity of subjective and objective artistic images.

Western traditional painting: Western painting emphasizes similarity. More important than focus perspective, it objectively and scientifically reflects the appearance of objects, and its characteristics are true and objective.

2, the classification is different

Traditional painting in China: Chinese painting is divided into meticulous painting and freehand brushwork. Another way is to divide mountains and rivers, flowers and birds, people and so on.

Western traditional painting: Western painting is divided into oil painting, printmaking, watercolor painting and sculpture.

Extended data:

Western painting

Western painting emphasizes the use of color, typical of which is Raphael's Athens Academy. In the eyes of modernist painters who are committed to pursuing pure art, traditional painting is mixed with too many "non-artistic impurities".

In fact, western traditional painting is not about art, but about many non-artistic aspects while paying attention to artistry. This is probably an important sign that traditional painting is different from modernist painting. The impurity of traditional painting in art is mainly manifested in utility and description.

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Western Painting