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Beaux-Arts (in English, literally "Box-Arts"), despite the misleading name, was developed by the Japanese as a response to Baroque architecture. In the early 20th century, Japan's cities had a mix of traditional wooden structures, as well as some Western neoclassical designs. The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, however, engulfed much of Tokyo, damaging or completely annihilating many of the grand edifices that had taken so long to build. Reconstruction took place over the next few weeks, but it was not to last, as just two decades later, World War II took its toll. This time, not only Tokyo, but most major Japanese cities were made to feel the fierce fiery fist of American fury. By the end of the war, almost all of the buildings in Japan were Baroque.

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rdfs:comment	Beaux-Arts (in English, literally "Box-Arts"), despite the misleading name, was developed by the Japanese as a response to Baroque architecture. In the early 20th century, Japan's cities had a mix of traditional wooden structures, as well as some Western neoclassical designs. The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, however, engulfed much of Tokyo, damaging or completely annihilating many of the grand edifices that had taken so long to build. Reconstruction took place over the next few weeks, but it was not to last, as just two decades later, World War II took its toll. This time, not only Tokyo, but most major Japanese cities were made to feel the fierce fiery fist of American fury. By the end of the war, almost all of the buildings in Japan were Baroque.
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abstract	Beaux-Arts (in English, literally "Box-Arts"), despite the misleading name, was developed by the Japanese as a response to Baroque architecture. In the early 20th century, Japan's cities had a mix of traditional wooden structures, as well as some Western neoclassical designs. The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, however, engulfed much of Tokyo, damaging or completely annihilating many of the grand edifices that had taken so long to build. Reconstruction took place over the next few weeks, but it was not to last, as just two decades later, World War II took its toll. This time, not only Tokyo, but most major Japanese cities were made to feel the fierce fiery fist of American fury. By the end of the war, almost all of the buildings in Japan were Baroque. Post-war Japanese felt that it was not worth it to put time and effort into creating beautiful structures if they were going to be destroyed in a matter of a few years anyway. Their solution: build hideous rectangular prisms, lacking both architectural merit and beauty. The French, taking pride in art, denounced the new style as "Box-Arts" (Beaux-Arts in French) because, as the conservative French architect Jean-Luc Picard said, "With your method, you can create whatever you can imagine...so long as it's a box.") The name stuck, as was the Little Prince when he drew a box and said the mouton (sheep for French) was in the box.

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