The Culture Difference Between China And The West From My Research Of Self-Portrait

As we all know that 'Culture' is a large concept,from the self-portrait phenomenon we can see through a lot of differences between Eastern and Western civilizations.so I hope to dig out the truth about it from the point of self-portrait.During past years,two questions have been bothering me,why Western civilization did not produce a similar landscape of Chinese painting? This question just puzzle as the other question why did not ancient China produce the selfportraiture art ? Both of these two issues seem to be rooted in philosophy.so what I'm trying to figure out here are the specific and core differences between the two,so i consider the best way to understand these questions better is that to trace back to the source of Eastern and Western civilizations.The full text is divided into several independent parts for discussion.The second part mainly discusses the origin and essence of European self-portrait.The third part mainly discusses why there is no self-portrait in chinese tradition and the characteristics of Chinese culture itself.The fourth part mainly discusses the early contact and mutual influence between Chinese and Western culture,and the last part is the analysis of my creation.In order to write this article,I read a lot of related literature,such as ‘Self-portrait-A Culture History' by James Hall and "The History of Chinese Painting Aesthetic History" by Mr.Chen Chuan-xi,which both are detailed contents as reliable theoretical basis for my research paper...