The year was 1500 and Dürer paints himself as looking almost Christ-like, because he wanted gifted artists to be recognized for their creativity rather than be regarded as mere craftsmen.  By foot and by horse, Dürer crossed the Alps to study art in Venice, but his life was forever changed by his introduction to a form of feminine beauty that was so unlike that of the stolid women in Nuremberg where he lived and worked.  How he resolves the tug of war in his heart between Beauty and Duty remains to be seen…