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  2. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia

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    The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was first proposed by Georges Polti in 1895 to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance. [1] Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works.

  3. Tzadikim Nistarim - Wikipedia

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    The Tzadikim Nistarim (Hebrew: צַדִיקִים נִסתָּרים, "hidden righteous ones ") or Lamed Vav Tzadikim (Hebrew: ל"ו צַדִיקִים, x "36 righteous ones"), often abbreviated to Lamed Vav (niks), [a] refers to 36 righteous people, a notion rooted within the mystical dimensions of Judaism. The singular form is Tzadik Nistar ...

  4. 36 (number) - Wikipedia

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    The thirty-six officers problem is a mathematical puzzle with no solution. [8] The number of possible outcomes (not summed) in the roll of two distinct dice. 36 is the largest numeric base that some computer systems support because it exhausts the numerals, 0–9, and the letters, A-Z. See Base 36.

  5. Thirty-Six Stratagems - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Thirty-Six Stratagems is a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and civil interaction. Its focus on the use of cunning and deception both on the battlefield and in court have drawn comparisons to Sun Tzu's The Art of War.

  6. The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Wikipedia

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    The print is Hokusai's best-known work and the first in his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, in which the use of Prussian blue revolutionized Japanese prints. The composition of The Great Wave is a synthesis of traditional Japanese prints and use of graphical perspective developed in Europe, and earned him immediate success in Japan and ...

  7. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji - Wikipedia

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    Mount Fuji is in the center distance. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Japanese: 富嶽三十六景, Hepburn: Fugaku Sanjūrokkei) is a series of landscape prints by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai (1760–1849). The series depicts Mount Fuji from different locations and in various seasons and weather conditions. The immediate success of the ...

  8. Ethel Scull 36 Times - Wikipedia

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    Ethel Scull 36 Times is a 1963 painting by American artist Andy Warhol. It was Warhol's first commissioned work. [1][2][3] The work consists of four rows of nine equal columns, [4] depicting Ethel Redner Scull, a well-known collector of modern art. [5] The artwork is jointly owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of ...

  9. Fine Wind, Clear Morning - Wikipedia

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    Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Japanese: 凱風快晴, Hepburn: Gaifū kaisei, literally South Wind, Clear Sky), also known as Red Fuji (赤富士, Akafuji), [1] is a woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai (1760–1849), part of his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series, dating from c. 1830 to 1832. [2] The work has been described as "one of the ...