Art, Aesthetics and Absolute Power

Idee und Gestalt was the generic expression included in the title or subtitle of countless brochures and books produced by the Nazi ideologues. What National Socialism sought to highlight in both of it's models, Art and Christianity, was a process that was able to lead from idea to form. It was this process, placed under the direction of a fuhrer who presented himself as both the German Christ and the artist of Germany, that was designated by the expression "creative work."