Renaissance (disambiguation)
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The Renaissance was a European cultural movement spanning the 14th to the 17th century.
Renaissance may also refer to:
Cultural movements[]
- African Renaissance, the concept that African people and nations shall achieve cultural, scientific, and economic renewal
- American Renaissance (disambiguation), several meanings
- Arab Renaissance (Arabic: النهضة, an-Nahḍah), a cultural renaissance from the late 19th century in Egypt and the Arabic world
- Bengali Renaissance, a cultural, social, intellectual and artistic movement during the British Indian Empire
- Carolingian Renaissance, a period of cultural activity in the Carolingian Empire
- Chicago Black Renaissance, a creative movement in the 1930s and 1940s
- Dinosaur renaissance, renewed academic and popular interest in dinosaurs from the late 1960s
- Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion in 1920s New York City
- Hawaiian Renaissance, a resurgence of distinct cultural identity
- High Renaissance, a short period of exceptional artistic production in the Italian states around 1500
- Islamic Renaissance, a revival of the Islamic religion (not to be confused with Islamic Golden Age)
- Italian Renaissance, a period from the 14th to 17th centuries
- Macedonian Renaissance, the period of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire (867–1056)
- Māori renaissance, a late-20th-century revival in New Zealand
- Medical Renaissance, a period of progress in European medical knowledge from 1400 to 1700
- Native American Renaissance, an increase in literary works by Native Americans from the 1960s
- Neo-Renaissance, a group of 19th century architectural revival styles
- Nuclear renaissance, a possible nuclear power industry revival
- Ottonian Renaissance, a renaissance of Byzantine and Late Antique art in Europe in the Ottonian dynasty (936–1002)
- Portuguese Renaissance, a cultural and artistic movement in Portugal during the 15th and 16th centuries
- Provençal Renaissance (French: Le Félibrige, Occitan: Lo Felibritge or Lou Felibrige), a literary and cultural association in France
- Renaissance of the 12th century, a period of change at the outset of the high Middle Ages
- Roman Renaissance, from the mid-15th to the mid-16th centuries
- San Francisco Renaissance, a range of poetic activity
- Scottish Renaissance, a mainly literary movement of the early to mid-20th century
- Southern Renaissance (United States), the reinvigoration of American Southern literature in the 1920s and 1930s
- Sumerian Renaissance, outdated term for a perceived renaissance of Sumerian literature during the Ur III period
- Timurid Renaissance, religious, scientific, and artistic historical period from 14th to 16th century
- Urban renaissance (UK), a recent period of repopulation and regeneration of many British cities
- Yiddish Renaissance, a cultural and linguistic movement among Eastern European Jews in the late 19th century
Political movements and parties[]
- Andean Renaissance, a political party in Peru
- Ba'ath Party, a political party founded in Syria
- Croatian True Renaissance, a right-wing political party in Croatia
- Ennahda of Tunisia
- Islamic Renaissance Movement, a moderate Islamist political party of Algeria
- Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, a banned Islamist political party in Tajikistan
- National Renaissance Party (United States), an American neo-fascist group
- National Renaissance Party (Dominican Republic), a political party
- Renaissance (Italian political party), a liberal political party in Italy
- Renaissance (Monegasque political party), a political party in Monaco
Music[]
- Renaissance music, relating to the European cultural movement
- Renaissance (band), an English progressive rock band
- Renaissance (club), a British electronic dance music club brand and record label
- Renaissance Recordings, a British record label
Albums[]
- Renaissance (The Association album), 1966
- Renaissance (Diablo album), 2002
- Renaissance (E.Town Concrete album), 2003
- Renaissance (Lionel Richie album), 2000
- Renaissance (Marcus Miller album), 2012
- Renaissance (Mickey Finn's T. Rex album), 2002
- Renaissance (The Miracles album), 1973
- The Renaissance (Q-Tip album), 2008
- Renaissance (Renaissance album), 1969
- Renaissance (Soweto String Quartet album), 1996
- The Renaissance (Super Junior album), 2021
- Renaissance (The Underachievers album), 2017
- Renaissance (Vanilla Fudge album), 1968
- Renaissance (Village People album), 1981
- Renaissance: The Mix Collection, a 1994 album by Sasha & John Digweed
- Renaissance, a 1992 album by Allen Eager
- The Renaissance EP, a 2001 EP by MxPx
Songs[]
- "Renaissance" (song), a 1994 song by M People on the album Elegant Slumming
- "La Renaissance", the national anthem of the Central African Republic
Film, television and theatre[]
- Renaissance (1964 film), a French animated short directed by Walerian Borowczyk
- Renaissance (2006 film), an animated tech noir science fiction film
- Renaissance (TV show), a fictional show in the British television series Moving Wallpaper
- Renaissance Broadcasting, an American television broadcasting company
- Renaissance Pictures, a film production company
- Renaissance Theatre Company, a theatre production company
- Renaissance Theatre (Mansfield, Ohio), a movie theater
Books and publications[]
- Renaissance (novel), a 1951 science fiction novel by Raymond F. Jones
- Renaissance Books, a bookstore in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Renaissance Magazine, a publication about renaissance fairs
Academics[]
- Renaissance 2010, a charter school program
- Renaissance Academy (Baltimore), a public charter school in Baltimore
- Renaissance College, Hong Kong, a private independent international school
- Renaissance High School, a school in Detroit, Michigan
- Renaissance High School (Idaho), a public school in Meridian, United States
- Renaissance Learning, an educational software company
- The Renaissance Society of America, an academic association
Architecture, buildings and developments[]
- Renaissance architecture, European architecture of the 14th to 16th centuries
- Renaissance Ballroom & Casino (originally Renaissance Theatre Building), a former venue in Harlem
- Renaissance Center, a group of skyscrapers in Michigan, United States
- Renaissance Centre (Erie, Pennsylvania), a 1928 skyscraper
- Renaissance, Lewisham, a mixed-use development in London
- Renaissance Tower (disambiguation), various buildings
- Chevron Renaissance, a mixed-use development in Queensland, Australia
Other uses[]
- Renaissance (Bakalar), a 1989 public artwork by American artist David Bakalar
- Renaissance (demogroup), creators of the Zone 66 video game
- Renaissance (Fabergé egg), an 1894 jewelled agate Easter egg
- Renaissance Capital (Russian company), an investment bank
- Renaissance Community, a commune in the northeast United States
- Renaissance Cruises, a Norwegian cruise ship operating company
- Renaissance fair, a type of historical reenactment
- Renaissance FC, a football club in N'Djamena, Chad
- Renaissance FC de Ngoumou, a football club in Ngoumou, Cameroon
- Renaissance, Georgia, a rejected name for the city of South Fulton
- Renaissance Hotels, a hotel brand
- Renaissance (restaurant), a Los Angeles restaurant
- Renaissance (railcar), a fleet of passenger cars in Canada
- Renaissance Society, an art museum
- Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund management company
- Renaissance Trains, a rail transport company
- GNUstep Renaissance, a GNU development framework
- La Renaissance (barge), a hotel barge
- MS Renaissance, a 1966 cruise liner
- Ultima Online: Renaissance, a 2000 computer game expansion
See also[]
- Renaissance Capital (disambiguation)
- Renaissance Charter School (disambiguation)
- Renaissance fair (disambiguation)
- Renaissance Island (disambiguation)
- Renaissance Man (disambiguation)
- Renaissance theatre (disambiguation)
- La Renaissance (disambiguation)
- Renascence (disambiguation)
Categories:
- Disambiguation pages