Nazi Art

Going off of what was presented in the A.o.D., "Good Art" by the Nazi party's standards seem to be highly connected with both the party/Hitler's obsession with antiquity and classicism as well as their fundamental belief in the idea of a perfect race. In the slide shows of art purchased by Hitler which were included in the film as well as the clips from the art shows there is a heavy emphasis placed on both realism and beauty. The sculptures and paintings are all of perfectly proportioned figures... etc.

Also apparent in the Nazi ideology is not merely the concept of emulation of the classical, but surpassing it in grandeur. Every undertaking has the purpose of becoming better than everything that ever existed before hand and overshadowing all other existing civilizations and there art and in this we come to understand the massive sculptures being erected as well as the incredibly lavish and artistically designed blueprint envisioned for Berlin. In the Hitler's mind, he was building a new and improved Rome or Athens or Sparta while simultaneously ushering his "perfect" civilization into a "new and improved" artistic Renaissance.