Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - What's the difference between watercolor painting and Chinese painting?

What's the difference between watercolor painting and Chinese painting?

First, the origins are different.

1, watercolor painting

The history of human writing and illustrated books has been 3500 years. At first, a fibrous plant called papyrus was found along the Nile River in Egypt. The stem bark can be made into scrolls for writing and painting, and books on science, history, witchcraft and religion can be made.

Another important purpose of this scroll is to be buried with the dead and accompany them to another world. The words on it help them explain what they have done all their lives to Osiris, the ghost.

2. Chinese painting

Chinese painting originated in ancient times, and hieroglyphics laid the foundation; At first, there was no difference between writing and drawing, and the meaning was the same. There is a saying in China that calligraphy and painting are homologous. Some people think that Fuxi's painting hexagrams and Cang Xie's writing hexagrams are groundbreaking. There is no difference between writing and drawing.

Second, the classification is different.

1, watercolor painting

1) Watercolor landscape painting

In watercolor painting, landscape painting is the mainstream and plays an important role in the development of watercolor painting. Therefore, understanding the formation and development of watercolor landscape painting is of great significance to understand the formation and development of watercolor art.

2) Lyric Watercolor

The rise of lyric watercolor landscape painting has its profound historical background. /kloc-The industrial revolution, which began in the 0/8th century, improved productivity and developed production, but at the same time, it also made a large number of workers unemployed, and people expressed more and more dissatisfaction with the reality of life, which was reflected in art.

2. Chinese painting

Chinese painting is mainly divided into figures, flowers and birds, and landscapes. On the surface, Chinese paintings are divided into these categories by subject matter, but in fact, they use art to express an idea and thought. The so-called "painting is divided into three subjects", which summarizes three aspects of cosmic life: figure painting shows the relationship between human society and people; Landscape painting shows the relationship between man and nature, and integrates man and nature.

Third, the characteristics are different.

1, watercolor painting

Watercolor painting itself has two basic characteristics: first, most of the pictures have a transparent visual experience; The second is the fluidity of water in the process of painting.

Therefore, watercolor painting is different from other paintings in appearance and creative techniques. The transparency of pigment makes watercolor painting produce the surface effect of Amin car, while the fluidity of water will produce a dripping, natural and free and easy taste.

2. Chinese painting

Chinese painting embodies the traditional philosophy and aesthetics of the Chinese nation in terms of observation and understanding, image shaping and expression techniques. In observing and understanding objective things, we adopt the method of seeing the big from the small and seeing the big from the small, and observe and understand objective things in activities, and even directly participate in things, rather than appearing locally or being limited to a fixed point.

Baidu encyclopedia-watercolor painting

Baidu encyclopedia-Chinese painting