中文简介：

夏洛特·里贝罗尔（Charlotte Ribeyrol）展示了一个引人入胜的案例研究，探索一个非同寻常的物品——拉斐尔前派建筑师威廉·伯吉斯（William Burges，1827-1881）的大书柜的故事。爱德华·伯恩·琼斯、爱德华·波因特和阿尔伯特·摩尔等艺术家参与了这件独特家具的绘画，这件家具在阔别80多年后现已重返阿什莫林博物馆。里贝罗尔阐述了威廉·伯吉斯对色彩的喜爱以及他在1860年代关于色彩的美学辩论中的关键作用。在这关键的十年里，**批合成染料的出现，改变了伯吉斯圈子里的许多画家和诗人对色彩的体验。里贝罗尔将艺术、文学和化学交织在一起，在这场“色彩革命”的背景下解读“大书柜”的八块画板。这场革命带来了新的色彩方法，同时也引发了异教和基督教多色画的复兴。本书以跨学科研究为基础，以新的摄影作品为特色，对伯吉斯最珍贵和最复杂的艺术作品之一进行了权威的阐述。

英文简介：

Charlotte Ribeyrol presents a fascinating (book)case study exploring the story of an extraordinary object, William Burges's (1827–1881) Great Bookcase. No fewer than 13 major artists, including Edward Burne-Jones, Edward Poynter, and Albert Moore, took part in the painting of this unique piece of furniture, which has now returned to the Ashmolean Museum after an absence of over 80 years. Ribeyrol throws new light on the chromophilia of the “Pre-Raphaelite” architect William Burges and his key role in shaping aesthetic debates about color in the 1860s. This crucial decade, which saw the advent of the first synthetic dyes, transformed the experience of color for many painters and poets in Burges's circle. Interweaving art, literature, and chemistry, Ribeyrol reads the eight painted panels of the Great Bookcase in the context of this 'color revolution', which brought to the fore new approaches to color while simultaneously triggering a revival of the polychromy of the Pagan and Christian past. Drawing on pioneering interdisciplinary research and featuring new photography throughout, this book provides a definitive account of one of Burges's most cherished and complex artworks.