Renaissance (disambiguation)

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
• Disney Renaissance, series of film releases from 1989-1999 by Walt Disney Animation Studios that saw the company achieve renewed critical and commercial success
• 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)
• Persian Renaissance, a period in history which saw the rise of various native Iranian Muslim dynasties in the Iranian Plateau after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Iran and the fall of Sasanian Empire.
• 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
• Sculpture in the Renaissance period, history of sculpture along the Renaissance period
• 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 (French political party), Emmanuel Macron's 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 (Beyoncé album), 2022
• 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
• Renaissance Fusion, a startup developing a nuclear fusion reactor

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)
• Reconnaissance (disambiguation)