{"id":20946,"date":"2023-01-06T10:03:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T09:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=222108"},"modified":"2023-01-06T11:35:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T10:35:09","slug":"oddball-art-cannibals-hellscapes-flying-monks","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/oddball-art-cannibals-hellscapes-flying-monks\/","title":{"rendered":"Oddball art: cannibals, hellscapes & flying monks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ellie Cawthorne\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 06 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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From kaleidoscopic hellscapes to portraits of cannibals and flying monks, Edward Brooke-Hitching introduces some of the strangest creations in art history. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, he takes us on a tour around this \u2018madman\u2019s gallery\u2019 of scandalous and eccentric works, including a painting created with pigment made from mummified remains, artworks inspired by contacting the dead, and family portraits created by an algorithm.<\/p>\n\n

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Edward Brooke-Hitching is the author of The Madman\u2019s Gallery: The Strangest Paintings, Sculptures and Other Curiosities From the History of Art<\/em> (Simon & Schuster, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n