造园艺术是人类文化宝库中一颗璀璨夺目的明珠。世界各民族都有自己的造园活动,而且各具不同的艺术风格。如中国古典园林,法国古典主义园林,希腊,罗马的文艺复兴园林,英国自然风景林,伊斯兰园林,日本园林等,这些园林都自成体系,各有明显的特点和很高的成就。但概括地讲,以中、法两种园林风格最典型,也最引人注目,可分别作为中、西方造园艺术风格的代表。而且,这两种园林风格恰好处在相反的两极上,拿它们作比较,有助于更加深入地把握中国传统造园艺术的特点及它的造诣和局限。这对发展我国的造园艺术是不无裨益的。中西方造园艺术的差异及原因 The gardening art is a brilliant pearl in the treasure house of human culture. All ethnic groups in the world have their own gardening activities and they have different artistic styles. Such as Chinese classical gardens, French classical gardens, Greek, Roman Renaissance gardens, British natural landscape forests, Islamic gardens, Japanese gardens, etc. These gardens are self-contained, each with obvious characteristics and high achievements. However, in a nutshell, the most typical and most eye-catching styles of Chinese and French gardens can be used as representatives of Chinese and Western art styles. Moreover, these two kinds of garden styles are just on the opposite pole. Taking them for comparison helps to more deeply grasp the characteristics of traditional Chinese garden art and its achievements and limitations. This is not only beneficial to the development of our country’s art of landscape architecture. Differences and Causes of Chinese and Western Landscape Art