The painting precisely depicts several vegetations under a naturally disarrayed circumstance, including dandelion, daisy and yarrow. In comparison to contemporary mainstream religious paintings, this piece of turf produces a air of secular freshness. However, under the impression of Luther's religious Reformation - where peasants challenged Church's authority and papacy, and individuals were believed to have direct relations with God - people tend to argue that Durer deliberately presented the piece of turf as representative of ordinary people, thus he embraced the idea of religious reformation. 

However, I see it differently. Speaking of sixteenth century northern European peasants, I think of Bruegel's paintings, particularly, his Peasant's Dance. Under Bruegel's brush, sixteenth-century peasants give me an impression of enthusiasm, boorishness, passion, and a sense of rough, untamed power. However, looking back on Durer's turf, I see simplicity, rational sense, close observation of nature, and a calm and undisturbed attitude towards life. Nevertheless, it is difficult to tell whether the underlying theme is religious or secular. However, by simply imagining the process of creating such a painting, it is not hard to see Durer's intellectual pursuit of perfect depiction and an appreciation of the nature. 

Durer once said, "True art is firmly fixed in nature. He who can extract her thence, he alone has her." Putting aside the ideological argument, the fact that Durer brought out such a freshness in a world of biblical artworks makes me - and surely his fellow artists - smile.