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    Jean-Pierre Cortot (20 August 1787 – 12 August 1843) was a French neoclassical sculptor. Cortot was born and died in Paris. He was educated at the École...
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  • Cortot is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Cortot (1877–1962), French pianist, conductor, and teacher Jean-Pierre Cortot (1787–1843)...
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  • Jean-Jacques Feuchère (24 August 1807 – 26 July 1852) was a French sculptor. He was a student of Jean-Pierre Cortot, and among his students was Jacques-Léonard...
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    Champagne, Simart was the pupil of Antoine Desbœuf, Charles Dupaty, Jean-Pierre Cortot and James Pradier. In 1833, he won the first Prix de Rome for sculpture...
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  • Pandora is an 1819 neoclassical marble sculpture by Jean-Pierre Cortot, produced during his stay in Villa Medici in 1819. It shows the moment when Pandora...
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    Alfred Denis Cortot (core-TOE; 26 September 1877 – 15 June 1962) was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical...
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    of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri...
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    marathon, the origin of the name of the battlefield.) This poem inspired Baron Pierre de Coubertin and other founders of the modern Olympic Games to invent a...
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    members of faculty include Jean-François Antonioli, Narcís Bonet, Pierre Bernac, Nadia Boulanger, Pablo Casals, Alfred Cortot, Georges Dandelot, Nelson...
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    Ramsay. The novel Paul et Virginie by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre echoes the same story. Jacques Amyot's French translation is perhaps better...
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