In architecture, one ma;a^ comparer tha ,^ of the
Eoriuji (Japan), Pusaksa, tod Piillmksa, the nost ancient In tha Far Bast
with the Chinese.  The aiajestic spasin^; and the uiitr?;pxtelled height of
of these and other edifices , e spec-pally the throne-room in the imperial
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palaces of Seoul, far siirpasstha Chinese structures.  The Ohineses
buildings, in spite of their aionupiental plaining, appeap or armed ana
clumsy.  On the other hand, the Korean bpiadin^s are simpler and loss
pretentious and pell-eopprotloned with delicate lines and liaraionisinj
color-scheme in their decoration.
The Korean sculpture is of somephat. later date than the Chinese.
It is none the less a fact tfiai the most remarkerable pieces of really
classical beauty, both in wood and bronze of tho most ancient period,
are either found in Korea or, like the aarveioiis sculptures in Toriii|i
and ataHara (Japan) were excuted by Koreans.  The bronzes in the aruseunis
in Seoul, the old sculptures in certain Here an monasteries and the
splendid reliefs in Sol-Ir^l-an near ICyongtju, are anon^ the a:oet Ia~or-
tant sculptures arhioh the phola- art of the Tar East can shop*
In painting it also possesses the oldest records of Tar Eastern art.
The frescoes in the Kolninyo sepulchral chambers of 4th--8th centuries
are anions the outstanding eramples.   Sepulchral paintings in such ^ood
preservation and so finely excuted have never  been discovered either
in China or Japan,  It is also a fact that the oldest palndin^s in Japan
to be found in Horiu|i (japan) are ascribed by arell laiown tradition to
a Korean, one Dongjo or Tamtjung^
In calli|p*aphy, Koreans, have gone on producing pr If-eminent popI:
dorm to the latest times.  The Chines:- themselves unreservedly ad'iit
the superiority of the Koreans both in the preparation of paper and in
the treat:-lent of the character© T:ra* inles of this can be found in the
LiipziP University library end also Berlin, lunich, London, aaris and