On different space expressions of Chinese painting and western painting

Besides the common expressions of space in Chinese landscape painting and European scenery painting, there are also some different methods. One of them is to express space with blank in Chinese landscape painting. This space is also regarded as reference of reality so as to make the artistic conception of landscape painting novel and special. In contrast, western scenery painting makes use of blur to constitute a vision of three-dimensional space, producing the effect of distance and making the painting close to visual reality. Blank and blur are important signals of Chinese landscape painting and western scenery painting respectively. Though different in nature, the two methods are employed to express space as a means of weakening the specific objects in painting.