Professeur en Archéologie
et Histoire de l’Art de l’Asie du Sud-est, Université des Etudes
“L’Orientale” de Naples. Chargée des cours en Archéologie et
Histoire de l’Art de l’Inde (même université).
Université: Dipartimento
di Studi Asiatici, Università degli studi “L’Orientale” di Napoli.
Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, 12 – 80134 Napoli
Publications:
- Buddhapadas.
An Essai on the Representations of the Footprints of the Buddha with
a Descriptive Catalogue of the Indian Specimen from the 2nd Century
B. C. to the 4th Century A. D. The Institute of Silk Road Studies.
Kamakura, 1998.
Bronzi cinesi dal XIII al III sec. a. C.
Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale. Roma, 1977.
Osservazioni
sul Buddha di Bruxelles, in Rivista degli Studi Orientali 51,
1977, pp. 137-40.
Tre
elementi di cintura cinesi, in Arte Orientale in Italia 5, 1979,
pp. 3-8.
A
proposito di una figura di mithuna di Khajur…ho, in Rivista degli
Studi Orientali 54, 1980, pp. 88-96.
Note
su alcuni foderi di spada scitici, in Rivista degli Studi Orientali
54, 1980, pp. 77-88.
A
proposito di Suvar³apu¡pa, in Rivista degli Studi Orientali
54, 1980, pp. 249-54.
Nota sulla cronologia
degli Šaka e degli Š…tav…hana, in Rivista degli Studi Orientali
56, 1982 (1985), pp. 75-113.
Nota
sulla grotta 3 di Nasik, in Rivista degli Studi Orientali 57,
1983 (1985), pp. 171-83.
Mah…k…ru³ika,
in Annali dell'Istituto (Universitario) Orientale di Napoli 49,
1989, pp. 337- 70.
Mañjušr†
in Gandharan Art: A New Interpretation of a Relief in the Victoria and
Albert Museum, in East and West 40, 1990, pp. 99-113.
Gandharan
Art. I. A Note on a Recently Published Collection of Photographs,
in East and West 40, 1990, pp. 321-34.
The
Buddha, the Solar Disk and the Cosmic Tree. A Relief in the Victoria
and Albert Museum, in Silk Road Art and Archaeology 2, 1991-92,
pp. 73-91.
Nandy…varta
and Crescent on the Hairdress of Gandharan Bodhisattvas, in Annali
dell'Istituto (Universitario) Orientale di Napoli 54, 1994, pp.
129-49.
Presenting
the Image of the Buddha. A Relief from Amaravati, in Annali dell'Istituto
(Universitario) Orientale di Napoli 54, 1994, pp. 150-55.
M…ra
in a Pensive Attitude in Early Buddhist Art in India, in Studies
in Symbolism and Iconology 10, 1996, pp. 10-29, Wako University,
Tokyo.
"Pensive"
Bodhisattvas on "Narrative" Gandharan Reliefs. A Note on a
Recent Study and Related Problems, in East and West 46, 1996,
pp. 97-115.
A
Relief in the British Museum: "Oblique" Representations of
the Cakra Combined with the Knees of the Buddha and Related Problems,
in Silk Road Art and Archaeology 4, 1995-96, pp. 201-16.
Another
Look at the Mohammed Nari Stele with the So-called "Miracle of
Šr…vast†", in Annali dell'Istituto (Universitario) Orientale
di Napoli 56, 1996, pp. 274-89.
A
pot-pourri on a Relief from Borobudur with the Scene of Buddha's Birth,
in S. F. Soenoto Rivai, ed., Persembahan.
Studi in onore di Luigi Santa Maria. Istituto Universitario Orientale,
Napoli 1998, pp. 253-79.
M…y…'s
Dream in Borobudur (First Terrace) and in India. Variations on the Theme,
in Annali dell'Istituto (Universitario) Orientale di Napoli
58, 1998, pp. 373-93.
Rites
de passage in Borobudur. A Group of Reliefs from the First Terrace
with some Scenes Subsequent to the Birth of the Buddha, in East and
West 49, 1999, pp. 217-40.
An
inscribed image of H…r†t† in the Chandigarh Government Museum
and Art Gallery, in Silk Road Art and Archaeology
6, 1999-2000, pp. 51-60.
A Gandharan Bodhisattva with S™rya on the Headdress and Related Problems,
in M. Taddei, G. De Marco, eds., South Asian Archaeology 1997,
Rome 2000, pp. 1125-54.
A
Gandharan Donor on Sale by Sotheby's New York, in East and West
50, 2000, pp. 523-33.
The ‘Parting of the Hair’: A Gandharan Relief with Two Scenes from
Buddha's Life, in Annali dell''Istituto (Universitario)
Orientale di Napoli 60-61, 2000-2001, pp. 233-45.
Un rilievo inedito da Kaušamb† e problemi connessi, in C. Silvi Antonini, B. M. Alfieri, A. Santoro, ed., Oriente e Occidente. Convegno in ricordo di Mario Bussagli. Pisa-Roma 2002,
pp. 196-207.
A Gandharan Heracles
in the Museum für Indische Kunst. Indo-asiatische Zeitschrift
6/7, 2002-2003, pp. 16-30.
An Image in the
Indian Museum with Some Considerations on the Tutelary Couples in Gandharan
Art. A Catalogue of the Standing Images in the Kushan Period and Related
Problems. Silk Road Art and Archaeology 9, 2003, pp. 239-96.
Siddh…rtha’s
Hair in Borobudur, First Terrace. In A. Kallen & A. Karlström,
eds., Fishbones and Glittering Emblems. Southeast Asian Archaeology
2002, pp. 305-16. Stockholm.
Il Buddha che insegna la Legge: una stele raffigurante una “Terra
Pura”. In M. V. Fontana, B. Genito, eds., Studi in
onore di Umberto Scerrato per il suo settantacinquesimo compleanno,
pp. 641-56. Napoli 2003.
De dea turrita: una breve nota. Annali dell’Istituto (Universitario)
Orientale di Napoli 63, 2003, pp. 245-47.
A Gandharan Relif Representing a J…taka in the Government Museum
and Art Gallery, Chandigarh. Silk Road Art and Archaology 10,
2004, pp. 151-65.
De Dea Turrita: una breve nota. Annali dell’Istituto [Universitario]
Orientale di Napoli 63, 2003, pp. 245-247.
The Guardians of the Buddha: from Gandh…ra to Afghanistan. In O. Bopearachchi,
M-F Boussac, eds. Afghanistan. Ancien carrefour entre l’Est et
l’Ouest. Turnhout, Brepols Publishers 2005, pp. 271-91.
Puer mingens, the Tutelary Couple and Connected Problems: a Gandharan
Relief in the Royal Ontario Museum, in Zemaryalai Tarzi & Denyse
Vaillancourt, eds. Art et archéologie des monastères gréco-bouddhiques
du Nord-Ouest de l'Inde et de l'Asie Centrale, Pris 2005, pp. 123-62.
Considerations on some Gandharaan Scenes Depicting the Wrestling Match
in Connection with the Other Episodes in the Cycle of Siddh…rtha’s
Competitions. In M. Bernardini, L. N. Tornesello, eds., Scritti in
onore di Giovanni M. D’Erme. Napoli 2005, pp.901-26.
Hair, Tonsure and the Earth Goddess. In Kanokwan Rittipairoi & G.
E. Gerini, eds., The Mosaic of Genius: M. A. P:.
Military-Anthropology-Philosoph
Again on Siddh…rtha’s
c™ÿ…-chedana.. East and West
55, 2005, pp. 217-42.
A Buddha Head from
Afghanistan. In G. R. Mevissen &K. Bruhn, eds.,Vanam…l….
Festschrift A. J. Gail. Serta Adalberto Joanni Gail LXV.
Diem natalem celebranti ab amicis collegis discipulis dedicata.
Berlin 2006, pp. 190-98.
A Gandharan yak¡†
with a Goose in the DKM Stiftung, Mühlheim. East and West 56,
2006, pp. 439-44.
Two Photographs from the Gerini Fund of the University of Naples “L’Orientale”.
Rivista di Studi Sudasiatici II, 2007, pp. 243-60.
Dans O. Bopearachchi
&C. Sachs, eds., De l’Indus à l’Oxus.
Archéologie de l’Asie Centrale. Lattes 2003: “La
vie du Bouddha”, pp. 217-18; nos. 194, 196, 197, 198, 201, 202, 203,
205, 207, 208, 215, 221, 226, pp. 219-30, 232-34, 239, 241-42.
Ancient buddhist
art from Gandh…ra. Frühbuddhistische Kunst aus Gandh…ra. Catalogue
de l’éxposition, 12-9 2004 al 16-1 2004, Haus der Völker, Schwaz
(Innsbruck). Zürich.
Membre de l’Istituto
Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente (IsIAO), Roma