It is said that Beethoven's third symphony (Hero) was inspired by the architecture in Paris. Schumann tried to show the grandeur of Cologne Cathedral in his third symphony.
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky praised: "A few pages of music written by great musicians were inspired by the supreme beauty of the cathedral, which set up an immortal monument for future generations and described the profound inner world of mankind, just like the cathedral itself."
Goethe, a great German poet, said that when he walked on the colonnade in front of the Roman Cathedral designed by Michelangelo, he deeply felt the melody of music.
China's unique landscape architecture has extremely high aesthetic value. Winding paths lead to secluded places, bamboo cultivation, rockery winding water, flowers and trees, which constitute a quiet and beautiful aesthetic artistic conception. It is this unique Jiangnan-style architecture that has brewed fresh and beautiful Jiangnan music, such as "Three Lane of Plum Blossoms" and "Six Dishes of Chinese Flowers".
Liang Sicheng, a master architect in China, found a harmonious rhythm in the promenade of the Summer Palace. Standing at the top of Jingshan Mountain overlooking the Forbidden City complex, along the central axis, you can see the theme melody and counterpoint of the symphony in China's ancient buildings.
In music creation, "repetition" is one of the most important basic composing techniques, and so is architectural design. There are striking similarities between them. In architecture, of course, this repetition must be the repetition of visual elements caused by architectural design, such as light and shadow, color, columns, openings and indoor volume.
The effect of a building mostly depends on the coordination of these rhythmic relationships. Simple and powerful. The repetition of Double Arch in the Colosseum in Rome, the beautiful colonnades in Greek temples, the pointed arches and vertical repetitions in Gothic churches, and the repetition of the promenade in the Summer Palace in Beijing. There are regular repetitions that are common in classical music.
Therefore, those undulating buildings are so harmonious because they are full of beautiful "melodies" and abide by the unique laws of architectural beauty. The reason why those magnificent symphonies are so symmetrical and complete is that they are rigorous in structure and embody the unique laws of musical beauty.
Exquisite architecture is solidified music. Especially those buildings related to great music in history make people feel the immortal melody floating in nostalgia. According to legend, there was a beautiful young singer in the ancient west. One day, he played wonderful music with a magical harp given to him by the muse.
At the end of the song, the mountains are moving, everything is dancing, and even the surrounding buildings, bricks, bricks and stones are responding, becoming solid "notes" and forming "solidified music". Music is beautiful. When the beauty of music is attached to the material medium of architecture, architecture produces beautiful melody. ?
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The internal relationship between music and architecture;
Architecture is a plastic art based on form, which can cause emotional reactions similar to listening to music. In music, we can grasp some architectural factors from its formal beauty. Gothic buildings with spires in the middle ages guide people to look up at the sky; Dome-shaped architecture, which prevailed in the Renaissance, showed humanism and told people not to look at God, but at the world.
In music creation, "repetition" is one of the most important basic composing techniques, and so is architectural design. There are striking similarities between them. In architecture, of course, this repetition must be the repetition of visual elements caused by architectural design, such as light and shadow, color, columns, openings and indoor volume.
The effect of a building mostly depends on the coordination of these rhythmic relationships. Simple and powerful. The repetition of Double Arch in the Colosseum in Rome, the beautiful colonnades in Greek temples, the pointed arches and vertical repetitions in Gothic churches, and the repetition of the promenade in the Summer Palace in Beijing. There are regular repetitions that are common in classical music.
Therefore, those undulating buildings are so harmonious because they are full of beautiful "melodies" and abide by the unique laws of architectural beauty. The reason why those magnificent symphonies are so symmetrical and complete is that they are rigorous in structure and embody the unique laws of musical beauty.
The beauty of music includes the beauty of music structure. However, the structure of music is limited by the theme of the work and serves it. In the process of repetition, variation, expansion, derivation, comparison and reproduction of the theme, the structure sometimes emphasizes change and sometimes unity, which is completely based on the content needs. For example, in the reproduction part of the violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers", the author omitted the "classmate recitation" that once appeared in the presentation part according to the needs of the content of the work.
When composers create music, they are often influenced more or less by architectural art consciously or unconsciously. For example, Beethoven was inspired by some buildings in Paris when he wrote the Heroic Symphony. In the third symphony, Schumann wants to show the grandeur and magnificence of Cologne Cathedral.
As far as architectural design is concerned, it pays attention to the laws of architectural art such as theme and image (modeling), unity and balance, contrast and harmony, proportion and scale, rhythm and rhythm, repetition and change, personality and style, color and tone, and is closely related to the artistic laws of music creation in terms of aesthetic information. If architects can know more about music and improve their artistic quality and accomplishment in an all-round way, they will gain more freedom, more beneficial enlightenment and wonderful inspiration in architectural creation and design.