The Expression of Individualities and Psychological Self Comfort--The Comparison of Historical Roles between Chinese and Western PaintingsEach stage of development in Chinese and western paintingsoccurred at different times and in a different order. The development of each stage of either one witnessed overlapping phenomena but both of them experienced four stages i.e. rock paintings, paintings on objects such as pottery and handicrafts, religious mural paintings andindependent individual painti

Each stage of development in Chinese and western paintingsoccurred at different times and in a different order. The development ofeach stage of either one witnessed overlapping phenomena but both ofthem experienced four stages i.e. rock paintings, paintings on objectssuch as pottery and handicrafts, religious mural paintings andindependent individual paintings. Since he is not introducing the historyof painting this author will compare the roles of paintings according tothe four stages。
In 1879 cave paintings were lound which were done by people 12,000 to 18,000 years ago during the Palaeolithic Age in Altamira Cave near the northern coat of Spain.In the paintings are images of different animals such as bison,reindeer and horses that are in different poses standing,lying and kneeling down.
Both Chinese and Western paintings have a wide range of contents. The book aims to help readers gain an understanding of the Chinese painting and the cultural content that lies behind the Chinese painting. However, limited by the length of writing, the author lbcuses on the traditional Chinese paintings and European paintings in the 19th century and before。
The fundamental difference between western anti traditional Chinese paintings is the one between locus and scattered-points perspective. This author compares the two kinds of paintings in a scattered-points way according to a Chinese sealtered-points perspective。

Preface
Chapter Ⅰ: The Expression of Individualities and Psychological Self Comfort——The Comparison of Historical Roles between Chinese and Western Paintings.
The Carrier for Records of Human Events in Early Times - Rock and Cave Paintings
Pottery Decoration and Decorations on Other Wares
Paintings with Religious Themes
Western Paintings from the Altar to a Man's World
Chinese Paintings of Propaganda, Education and Sympathy
Chapter Ⅱ: The Directness of the Hunting Style and the Restraint of the Farming Style——A Comparison of Emotions between Chinese and Western Paintings.
Directness and Restraint
Sense and Sensibility
Objective and Subjective
Restriction and Opening
Chapter Ⅲ Express in a Flat Way and Place Feelings on the Landscape——A Comparison of the Tendency in Themes between Chinese and and Western Paintings
Different Expressive Ways on Same Themes
Narrative and Landscape Paintings
Chapter Ⅳ: Colours and Inks——A Comparison of Colour Cone pts and Usage between
Chinese and Wesern Paintings
Colours and Inks in Landscapes
Colour Taboos in Painting
Five-colour Inks
Chapter Ⅴ: Rich-colour Painting and Light Water-ink Painting——Arison of Skills between Chinese and Western Paintings
Focus and Scattered-points Perspective
Surface and Line
Addition and Subtraction
Abstraction, Generalization and Representation
Parts and the Whole
Chapter Ⅵ:Dialectics between Motion and Rest——Comparison of Representational Forms between Chinese and Western Paintings
Appendix: A Brief Introduction to Chinese and Western Painting Materials

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