西方人物雕塑的出现首先也是作为建筑艺术的装饰而出现的，但在较短时间内它就获得了独立地位。欧洲地处温带，地理差异相对较小，但阿尔卑斯山的重峦叠嶂、西班牙的群山连绵、冰岛的茫茫冰川，也在地理差别中培育了欧洲人不同的民族个性、不同的文化，在客观上形成了文化的多样性。
The appearance of Western figure sculpture is also the decoration of architectural art, but in a short period of time it has gained an independent position. Europe is located in the temperate zone, with relatively small geographical differences. However, the mountains of the Alps, the mountains of Spain and the vast glaciers of Iceland also cultivate different national characteristics and cultures of Europeans in the geographical differences, and objectively form cultural diversity.
中国的雕塑手法注重形神兼备,而西方雕塑则更注重形态的完美与真实,在西方雕塑中,对于人体的把握十分到位,西方雕塑,是建立在对人体结构真实的把握基础之上的,而中国雕塑,虽然也注重形的变化,但更注重于内涵,即神:运用大量的线条表现丰富多彩的变化,因此,在中国雕塑中,你似乎找不到真实的体积,但是却能看出雕塑作品所反映出来的主旨。
Chinese sculpture pays attention to both form and spirit, while Western sculpture pays more attention to the perfection and reality of form. In Western sculpture, the grasp of human body is in place. Western sculpture is based on the grasp of the real structure of human body, while Chinese sculpture, although it also pays attention to the change of form, pays more attention to connotation, that is, spirit: a large number of lines are used to show the rich and colorful changes. Therefore, in Western sculpture In Chinese sculpture, you can't seem to find the real volume, but you can see the theme reflected in the sculpture.