in the Third Reich was simply a form of propaganda that promoted the superiority of the Nordic race, the need for loyalty and obedience and the invulnerability of the German nation. Images of the Nordic peasant symbolized a return to a pre-industrial peaceful rural Germany.
             The oil painting 'Kalenberg Farm Family', by Adolf Wissel, depicts an intimate domestic situation of a family relaxing, presumably after a day of 'working the land', in a tranquil natural setting. The themes running through this work are the virtues of the simple, natural life, living close to the land, and using muscular power to turn the land into a healthy living. The rich warm colors are inviting, serving to emphasize the serenity and timelessness of the scene. The composition is extremely ordered, controlled, and dignified There is no indication of social unrest under the rule of the Third Reich. It is an ideal Utopia where the every day person a subject worthy of intense interest. This is a blatant attempt to portray the virtues of a simple rural life (that in reality did not exist) as it presents the family in such positive way, a stereotyped 'perfect' standard for German families to aspire to. This was an extremely popular subject as indicated by the multitudes of paintings that were similar in genre, for example 'Rest During the Harvest' by George Gunter, and 'Farm Girls returning from the Fields' by Leopold Schmutzter. Hitler said that art should be the 'expressions of the soul and ideals of the community' and these painting certainly do present the ideals of life that the National Socialists chose to privilege. These values in turn, like a circulatory motion encouraged the feelings and values of the German people who saw it, by instilling a sense of national pride in a wholesome and righteous life dictated by the Nazi values.
             Nazi ideology is also illustrated by 'Ploughing&a...