本论文从德国的战后的历史环境下分析德国当代艺术家安塞尔姆·基弗的作品，将基弗的创作观念、精神内涵、创作手法为主要研究对象。新表现主义起源于德国，是传统绘画重新带回到了人们的视线中，基弗是最具有代表性的艺术家之一，通过艺术对历史对当代社会进行反思。本文针对基弗的作品进行分析，体悟作品所具有的艺术观念以及艺术价值，最后写到了这些研究对我个人的创作的影响。基弗致力于文化和精神，自我身份的确立，艺术的发展等问题的研究。本文共分为四个部分。第一部分，关于艺术家基弗，首先从时代背景分析历史环境对他的影响。其次简单介绍了相关艺术思想主要从哪些文化中得来。最后通过艺术作品分析了基弗独特的艺术特点。第二部分，主要探讨了基弗作品中关于“废墟”这主题的意象分析，包括了“废墟”的起源及审美价值，用具体的作品分析了基弗的“废墟”意象。第三部分，主要解析了基弗的艺术思想对我创作的启发，以及我的创作意图。第四部分，对整篇文章的主要思想进行了概括和总结。

This paper focuses on the works and artistic ideas of Anselm Kiefer, a contemporary German artist. Keifer is one of the representative masters of works, this paper explores the artistic concepts and values conveyed by the works and their influence on my personal creation. Keifer devoted himself to the study of culture and spirit, the establishment of self identity and the development of art. This article is divided into four parts. The first part, the artist Keifer, introduces the influence of Keifer’s background on him, the origin of the culture and spirit of Keifer’s art thought, and the analysis of the artistic features of Keifer’s works from the use of material media, characters and symbols. The second part mainly discusses the image analysis of theme of “ruins” in Kerifer’s works, including the origin and aesthetic value of “ruins”, and the analysis of Keifer’s artistic thoughts on me and my creative ideas and significance. The fourth part，the main ideas of the full text are summarized.