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  2. Ginza - Wikipedia

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    Ginza was built upon a former swamp that was filled in during the 16th century. The name Ginza comes after the establishment of a silver-coin mint established there in 1612, during the Edo period. [2] After a devastating fire in 1872 burned down most of the area, [2] the Meiji government designated the Ginza area as a "model of modernization."

  3. Ginza Rabba - Wikipedia

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    The Ginza Rabba is a compilation of various oral teachings and written texts, most predating their editing into the two volumes. It includes literature on a wide variety of topics, including liturgy and hymns, theological texts, didactic texts, as well as both religious and secular poetry.

  4. List of Mandaic manuscripts - Wikipedia

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    Salem Choheili is at the left, Tarmida Sam Zahrooni is at the right. This article contains a list of Mandaic manuscripts, which are almost entirely Mandaean religious texts written in Classical Mandaic. Well-known Mandaean texts include the Ginza Rabba (also known as the Sidra Rabbā), the Mandaean Book of John, and the Qulasta.

  5. Liberal arts education - Wikipedia

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    Liberal arts education (from Latin liberalis 'free' and ars 'art or principled practice') [1] is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. [2] Liberal arts takes the term art in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the fine arts .

  6. Akihabara - Wikipedia

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    Ward. Chiyoda. Akihabara (Japanese: 秋葉原) is a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, generally considered to be the area surrounding Akihabara Station. Administratively, the area Akihabara is found in the Sotokanda (外神田) and Kanda-Sakumachō districts of Chiyoda. The name Akihabara is a shortening of Akibagahara (秋葉 ...

  7. Visual arts education - Wikipedia

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    Visual arts education is the area of learning that is based upon the kind of art that one can see, visual arts — drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings. Contemporary topics include photography ...

  8. Fernando Amorsolo - Wikipedia

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    Fernando Amorsolo. Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto (May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972) was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. Nicknamed the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art," [2] he was the first-ever to be recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines. [3] He was recognized as such for his "pioneering use of impressionistic ...

  9. Classical education movement - Wikipedia

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    Classical education movement. The classical education movement or renewal advocates for a return to a traditional education based on the liberal arts (including the natural sciences), the canons of classical literature, the fine arts, and the history of civilization. [1] It focuses on human formation and paideia with an early emphasis on music ...