What is the difference between the language of art in Chinese and Western painting

1. Different materials. China's traditional painting is a set of tools for Chinese painting; Western painting is represented by oil painting.

2. Different methods of perspective. China's traditional painting is a scattered perspective as the main perspective method; Western painting uses focal point perspective.

3. Different concepts. Chinese painting is to express the unity of heaven and man, the unity of things; Western painting is to express "the world in my eyes".

4. Different purposes. Chinese painting is mainly to express a mood, is the expression of the spirit; Western painting is mainly to express the reality, is the expression of the material. (Of course, the modernization of Western painting is pursuing the spirit. For example: Expressionism, Impressionism, Dadaism, etc.)

5. Techniques are different. Chinese painting is based on brush and ink, it is a painting based on line and ink color changes, she also combines the art of calligraphy; Western painting, especially oil painting, is based on block, color, he has to express the form, structure, light and dark, color, reality and so on.