By Zhou Xingzi

At 7 p.m. on May 16th, Dr. Cullan Joyce, an overseas teacher from Australia, held a lecture named "Art, Ideas and Universities: Thinking about Cultures" in Lize C107.

First of all, Dr. Joyce showed two pictures, a Chinese ancient landscape painting and a western one from Germany in the 19th century. He said that the two pictures from different cultures shared a same topic: Humans'' position in the nature. And he thought the major difference between the two pictures was that the Chinese one tended to put figures in the nature, while the figure in western one was standing on the cloud just like overlooking the landscape. What''s more, ancient Chinese pictures could be rolled up and carried to anywhere easily, while the western paintings could not.

When talking about the Chinese painting, he put forward his opinion: Your impressions on the picture often consist of many tiny parts. And when talking about culture, he said the culture was not so simple as a picture or a statue, it’s a huge combination which needed more time to think about.

During the lecture, Dr. Cullan Joyce talked about his new life in China with humorous words and body languages, which made students burst into laughter from time to time. Dr. Terry Shortall, another overseas teacher, also gave a comment on the lecture. As for students, they said they enjoyed a wonderful night.