The legacy of Vesuvius : Bourbon discoveries on the Bay of Naples / edited by Michael L. Thomas ; with contributions by Heather Bowling, Agnieszka Anna Ficek, Lynley McAlpine, Eric M. Moormann, Domenico Pino, Carmine Romano, Michael L. Thomas, Robin L. Thomas, and P. Gregory Warden.

"Exhibition at Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas (2023-2024), Examination of the influence of archaeological discoveries from Pompeii and Herculaneum on eighteenth-century art from the Spanish Bourbon Court in Naples, Italy"-- Provided by publisher.

"This catalogue has been published for ... an exhibition held at the Meadows Museum, SMU in Dallas between September 15, 2024 and January 5, 2025."--Page 184.

Dallas : Custard Institute for Spanish Art and Culture, Meadows Museum, SMU ; New York, NY : in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc, 2024.

183 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans (some color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-177) and index.

(from table of contents) Director's Foreword -- (Essays). Introduction: The legacy of Vesuvius / Michael L. Thomas -- From secrecy to the grand tour: The revelation of eighteenth-century Bourbon excavations on the Bay of Naples / Eric M. Moormann -- Displaying the ancient world in the royal palaces of Naples / Robin L. Thomas -- Porcelain production and Bourbon patronage in Naples / Agnieszka Anna Ficek -- The Naples of the Bourbons: Some historical background and reflections / Carmine Romano -- Greek art, Roman taste, and Bourbon patronage / P. Gregory Warden -- (Catalogue).