Part one of term paper
This chapter discusses the arts of Japan from the Jomon culture of 3000 B.C. through the Western influences of the late 19th century with emphasis on architecture. It chronicles the history of garden design, sculpture, painting, and printmaking in addition to architecture. In the architecture of Japan, the scarcity of stone is responsible for ...

Part two of term paper
... Japan followed the example of the Buddhist architecture of China exemplified by the Tang style. This style included multiple hipped-gabled roofs of ceramic tile. The Kondo (Golden Hall), one of the oldest buildings in the world dating back to 670, is of the Tang style, but it also had Greek influence as seen in the entasis of the wooden columns (Tansey, Kleiner 534). The Chinese influence continued through the eleventh century with Phoenix Hall at Uji being an example of the most elegant of Chinese- ...