美術與音樂皆隸屬於第八藝術的範疇，是人類用以表達、分享心靈的感知與情境。音樂與美術本源自於生活並引領著生活的種種娛樂，音樂與美術兩者表面上看來毫不相干，但卻是互相啓發與影響著；正因為如此，古今中外你我不分，總會把音樂性元素作為美術的創作表現手法，於是繪畫作品的畫面，喜描繪著歌者、演奏者、旁聽者和旁觀者的凝聽氛圍與表演激情；至於樂器、音符和音樂的象徵性符號等，更被創作者恣意地運用著，音樂彷彿成為美術的最佳表現題材，並隨著時代的轉動及畫派的演變而呈現出多樣性風貌，與綿綿不絕的精采創作。筆者透過奧菲主義與西洋經典畫作為例，來探討音樂與繪畫藝術的結合，並加以延伸、賞析，除了以富有音樂性繪畫元素的繪畫作品作為探討的對象之外，亦在分析、鑑賞畫作中，深入地觀察美術、音樂是如何反映社會歷史、生活的變遷和心理刻畫的情境。
Art and music belonged to the scope of the eighth art are people used to express and share spiritual perception and situation. The music and art come from life and lead the life of a variety of entertainment; music and art both seemingly are irrelevant, but they are inspired and affected by each other. Because of this, at all times, everyone always put music elements as the creative performance practices of art. So the picture of paintings likes to depict singers’ and performers’ passion of performance, and observers’ and bystanders’ listening atmosphere. As for musical instruments, music notes and symbolic symbols are even willfully used by the creators; the music seems to be the best performance theme of fine art, and with the change of the times and the evolution of painting school, showing a diversity of style, and endless brilliant creation. The author through Orphism and western classical paintings as examples, explores the combination of music and painting, and carries out the extension and appreciation; in addition to the paintings with rich musical elements as the objects to discuss, also in the analysis and appreciation of paintings, deeply observes how art and music reflect social, historical, and life changes, and psychological situations portrayed.
