Under the Amalgam of Albrecht Durer's self portrait, Pierre Bataille has given us a faithful representation of the faces that populated the World of Albrecht Durer. These characters were actually taken from drawings or printings that Durer had made. For example, the man with the horns represents a Joker, a mad man, easily recognized by Albrecht's critics. Directly opposite the Joker, we see a man whose head is symbolized as Death. The upturned faces of the children and of the man and woman denote a rhapsody of some kind. As we look further, we see themes of good and evil as represented by the heads of Christ and the Devil. Note that Christ's beard is covering the Devil's forehead, a sort of triumph over evil. Monks are placed next to Christ and the Devil, as a sort of protection against Evil. The Apocalypse aspects of Durer's characters and themes creates a dark word: we see suffering in the face of Christ, anguish in the face of the Devi, we see the sublime with the upturned faces, we see sorrow and puzzlement in the faces of old men and women, children and officials. The Universe of Albrecht Durer is conflicted in many ways and portrays the religious atmosphere that surrounded Durer during his lifetime.