In feudal society, Chinese and western sculpture forms began to differentiate, but it did not mean that there was no connection. The similarity between China and Western sculptures lies in their themes of religion/deity. In western sculpture, the image of God is very close to man, but different from man. They are wise, noble and have different temperaments. Although the main theme of early western sculpture is people-oriented, in fact, the image of "God" still dominates. In the early feudal society of China, there were still the shadows of primitive sculptures, most of which were god beasts, with no special fixed form. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the introduction of Indian Buddhism immediately changed the sculpture form of China. The primitive sculpture consciousness has become a religious form under the consciousness of the ruling class, which actually reflects the will of the ruling class, which can be well reflected in both Chinese and western sculptures.
The biggest difference between Chinese and western sculptures is actually reflected in the expression techniques. China's sculpture techniques pay attention to both form and spirit, while western sculpture pays more attention to the perfection and truth of form. Therefore, in our opinion, in western sculpture, the grasp of the human body is in place, and Leonardo da Vinci dissected more than 10 bodies himself. Therefore, western sculpture is based on the grasp of the real human body structure, while China sculpture, although it also pays attention to the change of form, pays more attention to the connotation, that is, the "spirit": it uses a lot of lines to express colorful changes. So in China's sculptures, it seems that you can't find the real volume, but you can see the theme reflected by the sculpture.
The so-called biggest difference between Chinese and western sculptures came into being after the Renaissance. At that time, influenced by the Renaissance, various western art forms coexisted, not only retaining the sculptures with God as the theme, but also producing some sculptures with human thoughts as the theme in postmodernism, such as some abstract sculptures. Rodin's works are very representative in the Renaissance, which broke the long-standing sculpture pattern with God as the theme and added humanistic thought.