Quintessence

Quintessence may refer to:

Science

• Aether (classical element), the fifth classical element after earth, fire, water, and air
• Quintessence (physics), a hypothetical form of dark energy; postulated to explain the accelerating universe

Music

• Quintessence (English band), a 1970s progressive rock band specializing in Indian themes and sounds
  • Quintessence (Quintessence album), 1970
• Quintessence (Finnish band), a Nu soul band led by singer Emma Salokoski
• Quintessence (French band), a black metal band founded in 2005
• Quintessence (Borknagar album)
• Quintessence (Bill Evans album), 1976
• Quintessence (The Soil Bleeds Black album)
• Quintessence (Spontaneous Music Ensemble album)
• The Quintessence, a 1962 album released by Quincy Jones and his orchestra
• "Quintessence", a song by Darkthrone, from the album Panzerfaust
• "Quintessence", a song by Mastodon, from the album Crack the Skye
• Quintessence Records, a budget label
• Quintessential, a 2016 album by Steam Powered Giraffe

Books

• Quintessence: The Quality of Having It, a 1983 book by Betty Cornfeld and Owen Edwards
• Quintessence: The Search for Missing Mass in the Universe, a 2000 nonfiction book by Lawrence M. Krauss
• Quintessence, a 2013 science fiction book by David Walton
• Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W. V. Quine, a collection of essays by Willard Van Orman Quine

Other

• Quintessence Films, a film production company
• Quintessence Editions Ltd., a publishing company based in London
• Quintessence (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse
• In DC Comics a group of cosmic beings who counsel one another, including (usually) Shazam, Zeus, Highfather, The Phantom Stranger, and Ganthet

See also

• Quintessenz, an Austrian on-line civil liberties advocacy organization
• Quintessons, fictional characters from the Transformers franchise
• Fifth Element (disambiguation)