For this task I chose to look at is Anselm Kiefer’s piece called Deutschlands Geisteshelden (German Spiritual Heroes), created in 1973. The large monumental painting caused controversy and was met with widely conflicting opinions. His work often deals with themes related to German History and national identity, including the Holocaust. As he was expressing about something that huge happened in the German History which was the holocaust. It had created a lot of controversy at the time as it was post-war and it was a taboo subject matter. The painting depicts an empty wooden room reminiscent of medieval architecture with tapers burning at intervals along the wall. The emptiness creates an unsettling feeling to the viewers. Many audience saw it differently as of the title creating confusion. The theory I noticed through his work is how he wanted to emote his feeling and opinions based on the catastrophic events that occurred at the time. He was one of the few artists to talk about the issue through his work, creating a legacy of the nation’s brutality.