Beauty comes within the range of a list of 10 characteristics: nature, simplicity, unity, transformation, the surroundings, animation, surprise, pattern, selection, spontaneity. 其中数条与谢赫六法不谋而合,即气韵生动,应物象形,经营位置,转移模写. 而强调线条的骨法用笔和强调色彩的随类赋彩虽未单独列项,可是要表现自然必然会涉及.Matthew最后提出的忠实于艺术家自我的率真更是气韵生动的先决,正所谓画高山流水易,画目送归鸿难.
