The Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan, is an elegant example of:
A. the International style.
B. postmodern architecture.
C. the Neoclassical style.
D. Gothic architecture.
E. post-and-lintel architecture.
E
The temple employs the post-and-lintel system but uses wood as the building material instead
of stone.
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a. the struggle between Athena and Poseidon for control of the city b. the struggle of the Lapiths with the centaurs c. the birth of Athena d. the trial of Sokrates
Neoclassicism became the preferred style in the late-eighteenth-century United States to
a. honor John Adams's admiration of Classical architecture. b. reflect the new government, which was formed on Classical ideas. c. demonstrate the United States's reverence for all things French. d. emphasize the enduring potential of the new country.