John Max Rosenfield (October 9, 1924 – December 16, 2013) was an American

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

, with a specialization in

Japanese art Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, ''ukiyo-e'' paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics, origami, and more recently manga and anime. It ...

. He began teaching at Harvard University in 1968, and was later the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of East Asian Art, ''Emeritus''"Rosenfield to be awarded Banto Prize in March." ''Harvard University Gazette.'' 8 February 2001. and Curator of Oriental Art at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum. In March, 2001, he was awarded the 19th Yamagata Banto prize for his contributions in spreading

Japanese culture The culture of Japan has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world. Historical overview The ance ...

outside

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. He graduated from University of California, Berkeley, Southern Methodist University, University of Iowa, and Harvard University.

Literary works

* Rosenfield, John M. ''Dynastic arts of the

Kushan The Kushan Empire ( grc, Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν; xbc, Κυϸανο, ; sa, कुषाण वंश; Brahmi: , '; BHS: ; xpr, 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓, ; zh, 貴霜 ) was a syncretic empire, formed by the Yuezhi, i ...

s.'' 1967. (1993 ) * Rosenfield, John M. ''Japanese Arts of the Heian Period, 794-1185.'' Asian Society, 1967. * Rosenfield, John M. and Shujiro Shimada. ''Traditions of Japanese Art : Selections from the Kimiko and John Powers Collection.'' Harvard University Press, 1970. () * Rosenfield, John M. ''The courtly tradition in Japanese art and literature: selections from Hofer and Hyde collections.'' Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1973. * Rosenfield, John M. and Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis. ''Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings from Western Collections.'' Tuttle Publishing, 1979. () * Rosenfield, John M. ''et al.'' eds. ''Extraordinary Persons : Works by Eccentric, Non-Conformist Japanese Artists of the Early Modern Era (1580-1868) in the collection of Kimiko & John Powers.'' 3 vols. Harvard University Press, 1998. () * Rosenfield, John M. and Buson Yosa. ''Mynah Birds and Flying Rocks: Word and Image in the Art of Yosa Buson'' (Franklin D. Murphy Lectures, XVIII). Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 2004. () * Rosenfield, John M. ''Portraits of Chōgen: The Transformation of Buddhist Art in Early Medieval Japan.'' Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill, 2011. * Rosenfield, John M. ''Preserving the Dharma: Hōzan Tankai and Japanese Buddhist Art of the Early Modern Era.'' Princeton University Press, 2016. ()

References

American art historians American Japanologists American male non-fiction writers Harvard University faculty 1924 births 2013 deaths University of California, Berkeley alumni Southern Methodist University alumni University of Iowa alumni Harvard University alumni {{US-art-historian-stub