I think the comparison between Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer was very interesting. Both we master painters, however, they painted for different purposes. It appeared that Leonardo painted to understand. He used art as a very effective tool to portray ideas, much like how in modern times we use photographs and diagrams. Leonardo was using his art in place of photographs. Dürer, on the other hand. appeared to be similarly detailed-oriented, but without the intention of discovery or learning. While his painting were also intensely realistic, they were that way only for the sake of being intensely realistic