What exactly was the exchange between Chinese and Western art in ancient times?

Western classical culture and art were first pioneered by the Greeks, and the Romans, according to their national characteristics and combined with their own creations, on the basis of selectively absorbing and integrating ancient Greek culture, constantly infused with new contents, so as to carry them forward, and finally formed a unique cultural tradition or cultural system.

Of course, ancient Greek culture and ancient Roman culture also have their own different characteristics. As early as the time of Augustus, the famous Roman poet Virgil had already expressed the intentions of the two. He believed that the genius of the Greeks lay in the creation of culture and art, while the Romans lay in ruling over all the peoples of the world with their might and "promoting peace" in the world.

It is also as "Greece may be called glorious, the glory of the free creation, free thought, and free belief of the human spirit; Rome can be called great, the greatness of power, discipline and unity. ”

This is due to factors such as their respective national character, historical traditions, social and natural environment. However, the ancient Greek and Roman cultures, as a homogeneous culture inherited in the same line, have condensed into a cultural tradition with its own unique connotation and system in the long river of history.

Western classical art mainly follows the traditional artistic style formed in the ancient Greek and Roman periods, and further develops on this basis. Western classical works of art advocate traditional creative techniques, take the pursuit of rational beauty as the basic principle in the creative process, and take the targeted typicality refinement of objective things (characters) as the most basic creative method, and the most fundamental and eye-catching feature of these classical works of art is its ubiquitous traditional characteristics. This characteristic directly affects the creative process, creative purpose and development trend of Western classical works of art, so that the artistic images created in classical works of art present aesthetic characteristics such as truthfulness, vividness, nobility, elegance, rigor, clarity, purity and brightness.

A comparison of the differences between Chinese and Western art.

Let's go to see the works of the Renaissance, because we have more contact with the artists and works of that period, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, etc., and then draw inferences to study, experience and think.

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The difference between ancient Chinese and Western art design is: in terms of painting, Chinese art pays attention to lines, Western art pays attention to color, architectural layout, Chinese art pays attention to the overall layout, symmetry between left and right, highlighting solemn and majestic style, Western art pays attention to three-dimensional sense and layering, and in terms of painting, Chinese art pays attention to the expression of feelings, and Western art pays attention to rhythm. In general, each has its own strengths.

In history, the art of both sides has developed from two aspects, religious art and humanistic art, religious art mainly reflects the spiritual concept of people, China has Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, etc., the West has Hagia Sophia, Notre Dame Cathedral, etc., humanities and arts mainly reflect people's daily life, such as the Qingming Riverside Picture of Chinese painting, and the Mona Lisa of Western painting. Both Eastern and Western art have developed from these two directions, both reflecting people's pursuit and sublimation of spiritual and material values. This is the connection between ancient Chinese and Western art and design.

Mona Lisa. Qingming Riverside Map.

The history of art and design encompasses the richness of human beings: the richness of human feelings, psychology, thoughts, creativity and vitality. Every handicraft, every building, every sculpture and even every stacked stone purchased in the courtyard embodies the psychological state and psychological process of people, national, and individual.

The time and space occupied by various trends of thought in design art have left traces of people's creation and creation of mood in the corresponding time and space.

The underside of all kinds of design art trends and formal styles are rushing with the undercurrent of the deep psychological structure consciousness of various ethnic groups。This undercurrent comes from the ancient earth, it is turbid but alive, it is related to the social system, philosophical concepts and natural environment of various countries, it flows in the huge riverbed of the national psyche, and constantly accepts the convergence and transformation of the spring stream in the new era. As long as there is a nation, it will always be a deep reservoir, and relatively affect the development of Chinese and Western design art.

Compared with the ancient art of the Western Dynasty, the art of the ancient Bai Dynasty in China has significant characteristics

The point is subtle and internal, which not only pays attention to the usefulness of the actual version but also has the right to decorate, combines realism with freehand, injects the concept of painting into it, and attaches importance to both local portrayal and overall performance.

The formation of these characteristics is influenced by various factors such as ancient Chinese philosophy, natural environment, social culture, etc.

Chinese art is more subtle, such as Yongwu Mingzhi, which shows the beauty of a woman, but it is often also expressed in a hazy and subtle way. Western art, on the other hand, is also more straightforward, and the beauty is painted directly, without concealment. This has to do with ethnicity.

China is silent, and the West is unpleasant.

First of all, the so-called classical art in the West, the approximate period can be divided into ancient times (ancient Egypt, Gandhara, two rivers civilization, Cretan-Mycenaean civilization, etc.), ancient Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages (Gothic, Byzantine, etc.), the Renaissance to the neoclassical period, in which the so-called "classicism" is the essence, classicism refers to the ancient Greco-Roman style and subsequent revivals (Renaissance, neoclassicism, etc.), You should focus on classicism to understand.

In view of the fact that you are only interested in it, it is recommended that you start with the style and genre you are interested in, and it will be easier to integrate it horizontally (general art monographs focus on vertical research, suitable for professionals), the so-called horizontal understanding, such as romanticism, related **, painting, architecture, sculpture are reflected in the works of its representatives.

I recommend you to read Gombrich's book "The Story of Art", which is systematically expounded from ancient art to modern art, and is connected in the way of storytelling, which is both storytelling and professional, and is a good reading for beginners. It can be said that after reading this book roughly, you can basically discuss it with art school students.