🖼️ Art & Design · Japan
Best Art & Design Books from Japan
Books about art and design range from scholarly monographs to accessible surveys, from artists' own accounts of their practice to cultural histories of visual movements. Japan has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in art & design, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best art & design from Japan by editorial consensus.
#1
biography-memoir
Goethe's Werke
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe· 1800
Library Journal
Editorial Score45/100
#2
biography-memoir
Sämtliche Werke
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe· 1800
Library Journal
Editorial Score45/100
#3
art-design
Oudtestamentische studiën
Pieter Arie Hendrik de Boer· 1943
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#4
art-design
Albert Oehlen
Albert Oehlen· 1996
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#5
art-design
Text books of art education
Hugo D. Froehlich· 1904
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#6
art-design
Environmental Diversity in Architecture
Koen Steemers· 2004
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#7
art-design
Goethe's literary essays
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe· 1921
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#8
art-design
Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltenden Kunst
Theo van Doesburg· 1924
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#9
art-design
Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design
Rachel Beth Egenhoefer· 2017
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#10
art-design
Philosophy of Art
Noël Carroll· 1999
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#11
art-design
The art of India
Goetz, Hermann· 1959
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#12
art-design
Tilson
Joe Tilson· 1962
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#13
art-design
The Private Lives of the Impressionists
Sue Roe· 2006
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#14
art-design
Mingei
Robert Moes· 1985
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#15
art-design
Ten steps to complex learning
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer· 2007
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#16
art-design
Hacking exposed
Joel Scambray· 2000
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#17
art-design
Sympathy of things
Lars Spuybroek· 2011
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#18
art-design
Design Graphics
Peter A. Koenig· 1999
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#19
art-design
Design, Ecology, Politics
Joanna Boehnert· 2018
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#20
art-design
Elements of Garden Design
Joe Eck· 1995
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#21
art-design
Principles of web design
Joel Sklar· 2000
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#22
art-design
Terracotta
Anthony Noel· 1998
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#23
art-design
ActionScript 3.0 cookbook
Joey Lott· 2006
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#24
art-design
HTML Goodies
Joe Burns· 1998
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#25
art-design
Flexible web design
Zoe Mickley Gillenwater· 2008
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#26
art-design
Web site design goodies
Joe Burns· 2001
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#27
art-design
Murach's MySQL
Joel Murach· 2012
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#28
art-design
Convivial urban spaces
Henry Shaftoe· 2008
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#29
art-design
Stud
Joel Sanders· 1996
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#30
art-design
Modern architecture in historic cities
Sebastian Loew· 1998
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#31
art-design
Angkor and the Khmer Civilization (Ancient Peoples and Places)
Michael D. Coe· 2003
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#32
art-design
Art of the ancient world
H. A. Groenewegen-Frankfort· 1971
Library Journal
Editorial Score25/100
#33
art-design
Mary Magdalene in Medieval Culture
Peter Loewen· 2014
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
#34
art-design
Exploring Creativity
Brian Moeran· 2013
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
#35
art-design
Routledge Handbook of Designing Public Spaces for Young People
Janet Loebach· 2020
Library Journal
Editorial Score25/100
#36
art-design
Nanomedical Device and Systems Design
Frank Boehm· 2011
Library Journal
Editorial Score25/100
#37
art-design
Reverse Design
Ana Cristina Broega· 2018
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score25/100
#38
art-design
End-User Considerations in Educational Technology Design
Rod R. Roscoe· 2017
Library Journal
Editorial Score25/100
#39
art-design
Multisensory Landscape Design
Daniel Roehr· 2022
Library Journal
Editorial Score25/100
#40
art-design
Paekche ŭi sŏnggwak kwa kŏnchʻuk
Sahoe Kwahagwŏn (Korea : North). Kogohak Yŏn'guso· 2008
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
#41
art-design
Sculpture on buildings
Urs Boeck· 1961
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
#42
art-design
Convergence
Kiel Moe· 2013
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score25/100
#43
art-design
New Cultural Landscapes
Maggie Roe· 2014
Library Journal
Editorial Score25/100
