{"product_id":"albrecht-durer-great-piece-of-turf-1503-porcelain-art-mug","title":"Albrecht Dürer: Great Piece of Turf, 1503 – Porcelain Art Mug","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tz-label\" style=\"border-top:1px solid currentColor;border-bottom:1px solid currentColor;padding:0.9em 0;margin:0 0 1.4em;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:0.72em;letter-spacing:0.16em;text-transform:uppercase;opacity:0.65;margin-bottom:0.5em;\"\u003eThe work on this mug\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"line-height:1.55;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlbrecht Dürer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreat Piece of Turf\u003c\/em\u003e, 1503\u003cbr\u003ewatercolour and bodycolour on paper\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:0.8em;opacity:0.7;margin-top:0.6em;\"\u003ePublic domain\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbrecht Dürer's \u003cem\u003eGreat Piece of Turf\u003c\/em\u003e (1503) takes one of the humblest subjects imaginable — a clump of meadow grass with dandelion, plantain and daisy — and gives it the attention usually reserved for a saint. Dürer chose the largest sheet of paper available to him so that every plant could appear at life size. The study is now in a public collection in Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe viewpoint lies low, at the level of the stems, so that we look into the grass rather than down on it. Dürer almost certainly composed the sheet in his workshop from plants studied one by one: the grasses rise toward the centre, and the brightly lit leaves on the right draw the eye into a dense, dark core. Together with the \u003cem\u003eYoung Hare\u003c\/em\u003e, it is the most famous of his nature studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sheet is printed without its drawn border, running to the upper and lower edge of the printed area, so that the paper ground of the original becomes the ground of the mug.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"tz-material\"\u003eFine porcelain, 10 oz — 104 mm high, 75 mm across the base. The image runs around the body; handle and rim stay white. Dishwasher and microwave safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"tz-series\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the same series:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/products\/albrecht-duerers-young-hare-mug\"\u003eYoung Hare, 1502\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-rhinoceros-mug-by-duerer\"\u003eThe Rhinoceros, 1515\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbrecht Dürer, \u003cem\u003eDas große Rasenstück\u003c\/em\u003e (Great Piece of Turf), 1503; watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white, on paper, 40.8 × 31.5 cm. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by Dr. Walther Fuchs for the Tazzarte collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tazzarte","offers":[{"title":"Fine Porcelain — 10 oz","offer_id":58528206258507,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/8475\/8859\/files\/default_e5800931-d965-426d-8d4a-23a2a48f06e0.jpg?v=1789794272","url":"https:\/\/tazzarte.com\/products\/albrecht-durer-great-piece-of-turf-1503-porcelain-art-mug","provider":"Tazzarte","version":"1.0","type":"link"}