The Madman's Gallery av Edward Brooke-Hitching

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<B>Enter <I>The Madman's Gallery</I> - the perfect gift book for any art lover. Discover an eccentric exploration through the curious history of art, to find the strangest paintings, sculptures, drawings and other artistic oddities ever made.</B><BR/><BR/> From the author of the bestseller <B><I>The Madman’s Library</I></B> (<I>Sunday</I><I>Times</I> Literature Book of the Year 2020, Radio 4 <I>Book of the Week</I>) comes an extraordinary new illustrated collection. This unique exhibition gathers more than a hundred magnificent works, each chosen for their <B>striking beauty, weirdness and captivating story</B> behind their creation.<BR/><BR/> Obscure and forgotten treasures sit alongside famous masterpieces with secret stories to tell. Here are Doom paintings, screaming sculptures, magical manuscripts, impossible architecture, <B>dog-headed saints</B>, angel musketeers and the first <B>portrait of a cannibal</B>. Stolen art, outsider art, ghost art, revenge art, and art