An Analysis Of Synesthesia Of Music And Paintings' Functions In Composition With Xiang ZuHua's Music Creations

In many kinds of Arts, music and painting seems like a twins. As the"Connexion"disciplines, they can both express the subtle and complex emotions and appreciation of the beauty for objective things by artists'heartland. Chinese music and Chinese painting have something in common with technical of expression and aesthetics characteristic. They convey emotions in a interactive way, called"Synesthesia". Through years of theoretical summary and practice . Professor Xiang ZuHua, a leader of Chinese dulcimer artist ,applied the theory of"Synesthesia of music and painting"to his music creation of Chinese dulcimer. This thesis will analyze Xiang ZuHua's music pieces after discuss with the similarity between Chinese music and Chinese painting, designed to find the ingenious integrate of them. Simultaneously, we will propose a theory for music performers that to comprehend the relations among frame feeling of music and sense of melody for painting correctly are benefits for improving one's aesthetic appreciation, and it also can help artists perform music works with a discretion.