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How did the Chinese painting differ from European painting |
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Answer» In the Chinese view, art is a representation of the mind or the spirit, whereas in the European view, it is of the figure or the body. While Chinese paintings reveal the inner world, the European paintings lay emphasis on a true representation of the physical appearance of the subject A Chinese painting can clearly be differentiated from a European one. In the former, the focus is the essence of inner life and spirit. Chinese painters may use a real landscape to convey a different message. A Chinese painter wants the viewers to enter his mind and then enter the landscape and travel in it in a leisurely movement. In European paintings, perfect illusionistic likeness is the focus. The painters replicate the whole landscape they see, so that it looks like a real one. Moreover, a European painter wants the viewers to enter his mind and view his painting from a specific angle, just as he saw it. |
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