Sentries; Michael Mathias Kiefer, 1940
- Nature is looked at as a 'fighting ground'
- the Eagle is represented from Greco-Roman history; Zeus
- Ealge is represented as strong and dominate: "a life giving force"
- 2 eagles in the image=unity, as naturally solitary animals; they are coming together as a formidable force
- Ocean=limitless, open, free, and unknown
- If germany is represented as the ealge, then their wings are widespread, coming to dominate
- Alien landscape= 'comtemplation, living action' 'place of belonging' 'Lebensraum (living space)
- Color of the eagle the same as the mountains referring to a 'longing for home'
- The eagles are represented as immortal beings, flying over a sparse ocean, ever flying. flying to a destiny; destination
- "United a landscpae to an individuals spirit"
- "collective spirit of the race, people, or nation" pp 114
