Preface
Chapter Ⅰ: The Expression of Individualities and Psychological Self Comfort——The Comparison of Historical Roles between Chinese and Western Paintings.
The Carrier for Records of Human Events in Early Times - Rock and Cave Paintings
Pottery Decoration and Decorations on Other Wares
Paintings with Religious Themes
Western Paintings from the Altar to a Mans World
Chinese Paintings of Propaganda, Education and Sympathy
Chapter Ⅱ: The Directness of the Hunting Style and the Restraint of the Farming Style——A Comparison of Emotions between Chinese and Western Paintings.
Directness and Restraint
Sense and Sensibility
Objective and Subjective
Restriction and Opening
Chapter Ⅲ Express in a Flat Way and Place Feelings on the Landscape——A Comparison of the Tendency in Themes between Chinese and and Western Paintings
Different Expressive Ways on Same Themes
Narrative and Landscape Paintings
Chapter Ⅳ: Colours and Inks——A Comparison of Colour Cone pts and Usage between
Chinese and Wesern Paintings
Colours and Inks in Landscapes
Colour Taboos in Painting
Five-colour Inks
Chapter Ⅴ: Rich-colour Painting and Light Water-ink Painting——Arison of Skills between Chinese and Western Paintings
Focus and Scattered-points Perspective
Surface and Line
Addition and Subtraction
Abstraction, Generalization and Representation
Parts and the Whole
Chapter Ⅵ:Dialectics between Motion and Rest——Comparison of Representational Forms between Chinese and Western Paintings
Appendix: A Brief Introduction to Chinese and Western Painting Materials
本书的写作目的是透过中国传统绘画与西方绘画的对比,帮助大家更好地了解中国绘画以及中国绘画背后所蕴含的文化内涵。其内容包括:个性表达与自我心理安慰、狩猎式的直接与农耕式的婉约、平铺直叙与寄情山水等。
The purpose of writing this book is to help people better understand the cultural connotation of Chinese painting and Chinese painting behind through the comparison of traditional Chinese painting and Western painting. Its contents include: the personal expression and self-psychological comfort, hunting style directly with the farming style, graceful, straightforward and focussed on landscapes.