how does japanese paintings differ from the chinese paintings?

Answer 1

Hey Jasper,

Strictly speaking art imitates reality. The reality for Japan and China are different.

China is bigger, and more diverse geographically.

Answer 2

Really depends what time period you are talking about. Both Japan and China have huge cultural upheavals along the way (e.g. Japan's Edo period;Western Art practice and technolgy intergrating itself into traditional Japanese methods.)

Or the culli ng of religious/cultural and artistic values and means and even records and people themselves in China's Cultural revolution. The so called best answer is broad and brief - its too vague.

The styles, purpose and history of both countries Art is not linear either, but an overlapping network of histories. Plus the two countries shared and swapped artistic styles ove rthe centuries (e.g. Buddhism was an import from China to Japan)

So you need to refine your question

Answer 3

An artist tries to capture the whole range of human experience. Chinese paintings have manifested the internal struggle of man quite eloquently. In their paintings you see hypnotic expression of personal upheaval. Their vision is rooted in the messiness and tumult of everyday life. They have explored the tension between the desire for independence and the need for communal intimacy and harmony, and designed it into a series of distinct objects and then carefully reassembled them into compositions of interlocking forms and texture.
Japanese artists, it seems as if they achieved a measure of inner peace. They don’t seem to revolt against established institutions. Yet they are anything but complacent. Japanese have creative stamina and they are not content to recycle well-tested formulas. They have the willingness to venture into unexplored territory.
However, Japanese paintings need to delve into sentimentality. They strive for elasticity and harmony in the mesmerizing space of the canvass. In them I find the substance as much about illusion as about transparency, suggesting that their mundane existence consists of multiple and mutable realities.

Answer 4

Chinese paintings often look more elaborate with more focus on broad object which are drawn with details.

Japanese paintings often look more refined with more focus on specific objects which are drawn in the slightly restrained manners.