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

There are fundamental differences and different artistic styles between western traditional painting and China traditional painting. The main differences include:

Artistic style: Western traditional painting emphasizes perspective, light and shadow, sense of space and other techniques, and pursues realism and realism; China's traditional paintings pay attention to artistic features such as writing spirit, freehand brushwork, rhyme and scenery, and pay attention to expressing the emotion and significance of the theme.

Western painting

2. Characteristics of pen and ink: Western traditional paintings mostly use oil paintings or sketches, with rich colors, combining rigidity and softness, and expressing shapes and emotions in a large area with lines and light and shade; China's traditional painting emphasizes the use of pen and ink, and expresses color and texture through the use of different pen and ink, such as dry and wet, shade, light and heavy, and size.

3. Theme bearing: Western traditional paintings pay more attention to figures, landscapes and emotions, and often depict events, figures and landscapes in real life; However, China's traditional painting pays attention to vivid charm and lofty realm, and often takes landscapes, flowers and birds, figures and other themes as its almost omnipotent performance, pursuing the realm of harmony between man and nature.

Chinese painting

4. Historical origin: the development of western traditional painting art spans several centuries, involving different styles and schools; China traditional painting has a long history. After thousands of years' development, it has formed its own system, which has influenced the artistic expression and aesthetic taste of China's descendants.

Generally speaking, although there are obvious differences between western traditional painting and China traditional painting, we can find the differences in different cultural backgrounds and artistic expressions, and learn from and absorb the artistic characteristics of both sides, which is helpful to enrich artistic innovation and cross-cultural communication.