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    Denis Diderot (/ˈdiːdəroʊ/; French: [dəni did(ə)ʁo]; 5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving...
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    Fils et Compagnie. "Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot | Musées de Langres - Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot - Musée d'Art et d'Histoire". www.musees-langres...
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    Étienne Maurice Falconet (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    time to study Greek and Latin, and also wrote several essays on art: Denis Diderot confided to him the chapter on "Sculpture" in the Encyclopédie, released...
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    Bronze Horseman (category Colossal statues in Russia)
    Peter's rightful heir. In correspondence with Catherine the Great, Denis Diderot suggested French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet, a friend of his...
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    mentioned by Pliny the Elder, he claimed to have rediscovered the method. Denis Diderot, who was no friend to Caylus, maintained that the proper method had...
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    overcrowding, as exemplified by the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. After visiting this hospital, French Encyclopedist Denis Diderot described it this way: The biggest, roomiest...
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    January 2021. Sandron 2005. Doré 2012, pp. 200–208. Doré 2012, p. 203. Diderot, Denis, ed. (1767). "Fonte des cloches". Encyclopédie (in French). Vol. Planches...
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    produce L'Accordée de Village, a one-act comedy based on the paintings. Denis Diderot, Salon de 1765, Hermann, Paris, 1984 Denis Diderot, Héros et martyrs...
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    Aubervilliers (category Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis)
    Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France region, northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. Aubervilliers is one of three communes in the Plaine Saint-Denis, 7...
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    designer Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent,Denis Diderot, the Comte de Grasse, Baron d'Holbach, Henri de Lorraine-Harcourt, the playwright Pierre Corneille...
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