... market for books, most at the time illustrated with woodcuts. Durer's natural talent for precision and accuracy lent itself well to this media and he flourished. Durer was exceptionally learned, and the only Northern artist who fully absorbed the sophisticated Italian dialogue between scientific theory and art, producing his own treatise on proportion in 1528. But although we know so much about his doings, it is not easy to fathom his thinking. Durer seems to have united a large measure of self-esteem with a deep sense of human discontent. There is an undercurrent of obsession and such a high level of commitment in all he does it seems his work was a surrogate for happiness. I have chosen two pieces of his work that have influenced me and that I have respect for. The first is possibly one of his most famous works, The large Turf. Painted in 1503 with watercolour ...

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