Let's take a look at these two paintings here.

我們來看看這兩幅畫作。

Do you think these two paintings are from the same background?

你覺得這幅畫作是來自於同個背景嗎？

Well, it's pretty obvious that they are not.

嗯很明顯地，當然不是。

The painting on the right, an example of Eastern painting,

右邊的這幅畫，東方畫作代表

is from Asia.

是來自亞洲。

And the painting on the left, a Western painting,

而左邊的則是西方的畫作，

is from Europe.

來自於歐洲。

Eastern and Western paintings have different characteristics.

東方和西方畫作擁有不同的特色。

Let's find out more about them.

讓我們一起來了解更多吧。

Western paintings use a wide range of color filling the whole canvas.

西方畫作使用豐富的顏色填滿整個畫布。

In addition, light and perspective are used to make three-dimensional illusion,

此外，使用光和視角去創造三度空間的錯覺，

which makes the paintings look more realistic.

這會使畫作看起來更逼真。

Also, images and colors fill an entire canvas without leaving any empty space.

圖像和顏色充滿整個畫布，不留一點空白。

On the other hand, this painting shows some characteristics of Eastern paintings.

另一方面，這張畫作展現了一些東方特色。

Eastern paintings simplify color schemes

東方畫作簡化了色彩設計，

and make lines simple and graceful.

讓線條更簡潔、優美。

They also use more empty space than images.

東方畫作的留白比圖像多。

They aren't meant to show realistic images.

它們目的不在展現真實的圖像。

Instead, they idealize them.

反之，東方畫作理想化了圖像。

Do you know that some Western style painters

你知道東方畫圖技巧

have been influenced by these Eastern painting techniques?

其實也影響到了西方畫家嗎？

Toulouse-Lautrec, a famous European painter,

歐洲一出名畫家 Toulouse-Lautrec

was one of them.

就是其中之一。

His masterpiece, At the Moulin Rouge,The Dance,

他的巨作 At the Moulin Rouge 和 The Dance

is very much Western styled.

非常西方畫風。

It presents people and the background very elaborately and realistically

這幅畫使用豐富的顏色

with a wide range of colors.

將人物和背景描繪的十分精美、真實。

However, this painting, also created by Toulouse-Lautrec,

然而，來看看這幅畫，一樣是 Toulouse-Lautrec 的畫作，

was inspired by Japanese prints.

則是被日本印刷所啟發。

It is gracefully composed using simple lines.

使用簡單優雅的線條創作而成。

Look at these two paintings.

看看這兩張畫作。

Can you see their differences?

你看得出來它們的差別嗎？

Can you see the influence of Eastern styled painting?

你看得出來東方畫風的影響嗎？