学贯中西的美术史论家们高度概括了中国画与西方绘画的分野:中国画是写意的,西画是写实的;中国画是表现的,西画是再现的;中国画是散点透视的,西画是焦点透视的。长久以来,中外绘画及其理论的比较研究、中国画特质与规律的研究,恰是中国画研究最为薄弱的一个环节;但是,以上的概括总令人感到是将源远流长、丰富多彩的中国画硬塞入西方艺术理论既定的框架之中,不惟削足适履,附会牵强, Chinese and Western art historians highly summed up the distinction between Chinese painting and western painting: Chinese painting is freehand, while Western painting is realistic; Chinese painting is a manifestation of Western painting; Chinese painting is scattered perspective and Western painting is a focal point of view of. For a long time, the comparative study of Chinese and foreign paintings and their theories and the study of the traits and laws of Chinese painting are just the weakest links in the study of Chinese painting. However, the general conclusion above is that people think that the long history and rich and colorful Chinese paintings are hard pressed into the West The established framework of art theory, not only cut enough to fit, attachment will be far-fetched,