The first Medici power brokers were Giovanni de Bicci de’ Medici and Cosimo I. But the most famous Medici was Lorenzo the Magnificent, who was a key player in the Italian Renaissance. Maiden Tower [41] written by Afrasiyab Badalbeyli is the first ballet in the Muslim East. [42] [43] [41] United States [ edit ] Tredici, Federico Del, 'Lombardy under the Visconti and the Sforza' in The Italian Renaissance State Link opens in a new window, ed. Andrea Gamberini and Isabella Lazzarini (Cambridge, 2012), pp. 156–77. Ballet was popular with the public. Both the Moscow-based Bolshoi and the St. Petersburg (then Leningrad)-based Kirov ballet companies were active. Ideological pressure forced the creation of many socialist realist pieces, most of which made little impression on the public and were removed from the repertoire of both companies later.

Surit͡s, E. I͡A, and E. I︠A︡ Surit︠s︡. (1990) Soviet Choreographers in the 1920s (Duke Univ Press, 1990).Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in. B.M. Adelson, The Lives of Dwarfs.Their Journey from Public Curiosity Toward Social Liberation. (Rutgers University Press, Piscataway, 2005) Dean, Trevor, ‘The Courts’ Link opens in a new window, The Journal of Modern History 67, Supplement: The Origins of the State in Italy, 1300-1600 (1995), S136-51. Explorers from the Italian maritime republics serve under the auspices of European monarchs, ushering in the Age of Discovery The most important figure of 18th-century ballet was Jean-Georges Noverre, who is typically credited with the narrative shift to the storytelling ballet d’action. The French dancer and choreographer wrote Lettres sur la Danse et les Ballets. Published in 1760, the text outlines a style of ballet based on the relationships of characters. This new style drew on the ancient art of pantomimes, and the ballet d’action was also known as a pantomime ballet. Noverre's most famous ballet— Les Fêtes Chinoises—fully embraced the Rococo aesthetic. A trained corps de ballet performed in front of luxurious set designs. The Parisian public loudly praised the ballet upon its first performance in the city in 1754.

Christopher Columbus, Genoese explorer and colonizer whose voyages initiated the European colonization of the New WorldSaccone, Eduardo, ‘ The Portrait of the Courtier in Castiglione Link opens in a new window’, Italica 64.1 (1987), 1-18 Another popular explanation for the Italian Renaissance is the thesis, first advanced by historian Hans Baron, [24] that states that the primary impetus of the early Renaissance was the long-running series of wars between Florence and Milan. By the late 14th century, Milan had become a centralized monarchy under the control of the Visconti family. Giangaleazzo Visconti, who ruled the city from 1378 to 1402, was renowned both for his cruelty and for his abilities, and set about building an empire in Northern Italy. He launched a long series of wars, with Milan steadily conquering neighbouring states and defeating the various coalitions led by Florence that sought in vain to halt the advance. This culminated in the 1402 siege of Florence when it looked as though the city was doomed to fall, before Giangaleazzo suddenly died and his empire collapsed.