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Kunst und Rasse' (Art and Race) by Paul Schultze-Naumberg (Berlin, 1928). The author took the works of the Greek sculptor Polykleitos to be ideals of the human form and railed against modern 'degenerate' art's imitation of physical deformity and ugliness. The book's illustrations included photographic comparisons.

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Kunst und Rasse' (Art and Race) by Paul Schultze-Naumberg (Berlin, 1928). The author took the works of the Greek sculptor Polykleitos to be ideals of the human form and railed against modern 'degenerate' art's imitation of physical deformity and ugliness. The book's illustrations included photographic comparisons.