作为考古学家的图齐

Giuseppe Tucci as Archaeologist

朱塞佩·图齐是意大利东方哲学和宗教学的研究大师,同时,也是一位对西藏做出了重要贡献的考古学家。他强调实地考察对东方研究的意义,并对造型艺术表达出强烈兴趣,这种研究取向在其《西藏画卷》《印度-西藏》等著作中有所体现。他还推动了意大利东方研究所/亚非研究院在尼泊尔、巴基斯坦等地的考古工作,如著名的斯瓦特研究。此外,图齐还开拓了东方研究所在阿富汗、斯里兰卡、伊朗等地的考古研究与文物保护工作,并对亚非研究院的组织构建以及研究理论等都做出了开创性贡献。可以说,他推动了意大利亚洲考古学的诞生和发展,是亚非研究院的重要奠基者。

Giuseppe Tucci was an excellent Italian scholar of oriental philosophy and religion,as well as an archaeologist who made a great contribution on the Tibetan archaeology.He emphasized the significance of field works in the oriental studies,and manifested a strong interesting on the figurative manifestations,as well as in more modest expressions of material culture,represented in his books,like Tibetan Painted Scrolls and Indo-Tibetica.He also succeeded in launching the archaeological projects of IsMEO/IsIAO in Nepal and Pakistan,such as the famous research on Swat.In addition,Tucci promoted the IsMEO projects concerning the archaeological research and conservation and restoration activities in Afghanistan,Sri Lanka and Iran.Tucci,furthermore,extremely contributed on the organization and academic methodology of IsIAO.Thus,Tucci is credited for the birth and development of the oriental archaeology in Italy,and he was the one of the great founders of IsIAO.