I answered a question on Zhihu before, which works of art have a direct and wonderful connection with music.

At that time, I did not carefully study the connection between the two. Now I think I can try to explore this issue.

The word color in painting is often used to describe music, and the rhythm in music is often used to describe painting. It is quite amazing if you think about it carefully. It is obvious that one is visual art and the other is auditory art.

Newton did a little immature research. The do re mi fa so la xi in music corresponds to the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple in colors, and the weight and strength of the pen in painting corresponds to the color in music. rhythm.

When it comes to the correspondence between music and painting, the first thing most people think of is Monet and Debussy. But personally, I don’t think the feeling is very strong. After repeating it for hundreds of times, I feel that it’s just the same thing.

It may be true that the two people are always juxtaposed because they both belong to Impressionist painting and Impressionist music. At the same time, they like to go against mainstream artistic values ??and abandon traditional artistic techniques, but this really does not mean that looking at Monet Debussy's paintings strongly resonated with him. Moreover, Debussy himself did not like others to say that his music was Impressionist music. His favorite painters were Whistler and Turner, and they were not Impressionist painters.

But what really had a strong impact on me was the talented painter Luo Zheng whom I recently learned about. In fact, he is a person with very little intelligence like Rain Man, but Luo Zheng’s father is the composer Luo Zhongrong. , those who have studied music may know that he is one of the most famous composers and music theorists after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Although Luo Zheng’s IQ is only that of a child of a few years old, the paintings he drew so shocked me. It really makes me feel what it means to be seamless.

This is the one that shocked me the most, Chen Qigang's "The Passing Time" painted by Luo Zheng. Chen Qigang is also a world-renowned composer. He composed the Olympic song Me and You. Chen Qigang happened to be a student of Luo Zheng's father, Luo Zhongrong. This cello piece "The Passing Time" was also performed by two of my favorite cellists, Yo-Yo Ma and Qin Liwei. When I looked at this picture and listened to this song in the scorching summer, my whole body shivered. I felt very cold. I even felt that I had left this world. My eyes were sore. This was the first time in my life that this kind of incomparable wonder had occurred. synaesthetic response.

Other works by Luo Zheng.

Later I learned that there is a disease called synesthesia, which is completely a disease leading to art. Although I don’t know if Luo Zheng suffers from this disease, American artist Melissa McCracken is a patient with Synesthesia.

In their sensory system, numbers and words have colors, shapes, textures and emotions. She can hear images and see sounds. When she hears music, she sees abstract colors and images; when she sees images, the corresponding melody beats in her ears.

Let’s talk about some of my favorite songs and paintings

The lyrics of this song tell the confession of Louis XVI who lost his throne and his life during the French Revolution. Compare the masterpiece "Liberty Leading the People" by the romantic master Delacroix on the cover of the album. Imagine that the despairing emperor is about to be guillotined, and the people are swarming in and shouting for freedom. Sometimes when listening to it, it feels like the wheel of history. Just ran him over.

You must listen to this painting together with "Volga Boatmen". Repin is my favorite Russian painter. "Volga Trackers" has appeared in Chinese textbooks countless times. The picture What is shown above is: Under the scorching sun, on a long and deserted beach, a group of ragged trackers dragged a cargo ship and moved forward with heavy steps. A low chant intertwined with the sad moan of the river in the sweltering heat of summer. The music "Volga Boatman's Song" is the chant in the picture.

This work is Botticelli's "Primavera". There is also Venus in the middle of the picture, and the three beautiful goddesses on the left (Aglesi, Selea, and Eumerosini) are bathed in the sun. Here, they are dancing hand in hand with each other, bringing the joy of life to the world. On the right side of the painting, there are three images of the God of Flowers, the God of Spring and the God of Wind, symbolizing the coming of the natural season when spring returns to the earth and thousands of trees flourish. Listening to it together with Vivaldi's "Primavera" reminds people of the greenery of spring.