| In the history of chinese art,the clay sculpture Rent Collection Yard is very representative.Hailed as a model work of revolutionary realism,it was born in the early stage of socialist construction in our country.During this period,China experienced great changes in political pattern,social background and ideology.The clay sculpture Rent Collection Yard was born in this complex historical period.Apart from its own political significance,the research on it should stand in the history of human civilization to interpret its hidden inner meaning.In this paper,Panofsky’s image research method is adopted to place the clay sculpture group portrait Rent Collection Courtyard in the background of Chinese culture.Through the analysis of the motif,theme and content of the work,the cultural metaphor and internal meaning hidden behind the work are explored.Through the comparison between the clay sculpture "Rent Collection Yard" and other sculptures,the application and prospect of iconography in sculpture analysis are summarized.The second chapter of this paper can construct a clear outline of the first edition of the clay sculpture Rent Collection Courtyard by describing the details of the characters in the clay sculpture Rent Collection Courtyard.Through the analysis of the theme and moral of Rent Collection Courtyard in the third chapter,we can understand the theme story and plot moral of the clay sculpture Rent Collection Courtyard.The fourth chapter understands the hidden meaning and inner meaning of the clay sculpture Rent Collection Courtyard through literature review and the author’s comprehensive intuition:The absorption of the clay sculpture Rent Collection Courtyard to the Chinese and Western cultural context reflects the transformation of the content and form of modern Chinese art,and the content of the sculpture also reflects the absorption of the euphemistic and obscure expression in the Chinese context.As a carrier of Chinese culture,the clay sculpture Rent Collection Courtyard conveys the family concept,funeral culture and Sinicized Buddhist culture in Eastern thoughts,as well as the idea of "practical application of the world" in modern China.As a realistic work,the clay sculpture Rent Collection Yard reveals people’s living conditions during the period of social transformation.It also foreshadows the transformation of people’s ideas in modern life.The author’s exploration of the clay sculpture "Rent Collection Yard" can not only make the details of the clay sculpture "Rent Collection Yard" clearly displayed in front of the eyes of readers.Moreover,the interpretation of its internal meaning can provide certain reference value for the future study of the clay sculpture Rent Collection Yard.And the author found that the applicability of iconography and sculpture,which mainly serves painting images,is stronger than painting.There are a large number of excellent sculpture works in China waiting for researchers to explore,and the interpretation of them by using the research method of iconography can carry out in-depth analysis of the connotation of sculpture works to a certain extent and understand the process of artists’ concept transformation in different historical periods.It can not only broaden the research scope of Chinese art history,but also provide reference for the development of other disciplines,and promote the integration and development of humanities disciplines in a larger scope. |