中国之书画艺术对线的关注已是由来已久,而放眼世界,似乎于夫线的钟爱亦不特为中国艺术之独有。曼泰尼亚、丢勒、贺尔拜因、安格尔等诸多西方画家便都各有其让人信服的用线本领。只是我们细细嚼来,便可以品出两者实际对线的期待又是怎样迥异其趣:西方艺术家更多地关心于线作为传达“形”之功利性;而中国的艺术则更多地注意了线的自身。在中国从古而今,大凡善书者多能于画,善画者每 Chinese painting and calligraphy has drawn a lot of attention on the line. It has been a long time since its debut in the world. It seems that its love of the line is not unique to Chinese art. Many western artists such as Mantegna, Dürer, Holbein, and Angler each have their compelling line skills. It is only by our careful study that we can find out exactly what the actual expectation of the two lines is. Interestingly, Western artists are more concerned with the utilitarian nature of the line as the transmission of “form.” And the art of China is more Notice the line itself. In China since ancient times, most of all good book readers can draw, good painter every