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 (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 (Le Félibrige, 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, in the 22nd to 21st century BCE
 * 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 Movement 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
 * 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
 * Renaissance (The Underachievers album), 2017
 * Renaissance (Vanilla Fudge album), 1968
 * Renaissance (Village People album), 1981
 * Renaissance, a 1992 album by Allen Eager
 * The Renaissance EP, a 2001 EP by MxPx
 * Renaissance: The Mix Collection, a 1994 album by Sasha & John Digweed

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 Academy (Los Angeles), a public charter school in Los Angeles
 * 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, 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