画形于无象 造响于无声——论音乐与绘画之通感

On artistic synaesthesia between music and painting

音乐与绘画是两种不同的艺术形态,它们之间的通感主要表现为:听声类形,以耳为目;耳中见色,眼里闻声;画形无象,造响无声。中国画的基本特点是"气韵为主,笔墨为先"。它以笔墨线条为主要造型手段,不拘限于形似,重在传神写意,创造出时空一体、富于律动感的艺术空间。西方绘画接近于雕刻和建筑;中国画则趋向于诗歌和音乐,与音乐的通感关系表现得更为鲜明、突出。

Music and painting are different forms of art. There is synaesthesia between them as the following: hearing the sounds as images, sensing the color by audition and the sounds by sight, painting without images but with sounds and melodizing without sounds but with images. Chinese painting mainly employs ink and lines and isn't tied by images. It is good at creating artistic dimension with rich rhythm and rhyme. Compared with western painting, Chinese painting is near to poem and music.