The Renaissance was a period in European history in the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas and achievements of classical antiquity. It initially developed from the Italian Renaissance.
Renaissance may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
Bands and labels
- 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 (Branford Marsalis album), 1987
- Renaissance (Cheyenne Jackson album), 2016
- 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
- Renaissance (Mónica Naranjo album), 2019
- The Renaissance (Q-Tip album), 2008
- Renaissance (Rémy album), 2022
- 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, by MxPx, 2001
Songs
- "Renaissance" (song), by M People, 1994
- "La Renaissance", the national anthem of the Central African Republic
Film and television
- Renaissance (1964 film), a French animated short
- Renaissance (2006 film), or Paris 2054: Renaissance
- Renaissance (TV show), a fictional show in the British TV series Moving Wallpaper
- Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, a 2023 documentary concert film by American singer Beyoncé
Literature
- Renaissance (novel), by Raymond F. Jones, 1951
- Renaissance Magazine, a publication about renaissance fairs
Other uses in arts and entertainment
- Renaissance (Bakalar), a 1989 public artwork
- Renaissance (Fabergé egg), an 1894 jewelled agate Easter egg
- Renaissance (game), a historical, roleplaying play-by-mail game
- Ultima Online: Renaissance, a 2000 computer game expansion
- Disney Renaissance, a period between late 80s and 90s during which Walt Disney Studios returned to producing critically and commercially successful animated films
- Renaissance World Tour, a 2023 concert tour by American singer Beyoncé
Businesses and organisations
Companies and establishments
- Renaissance (demogroup), creators of the Zone 66 video game
- Renaissance Ballroom & Casino, New York City, U.S.
- Renaissance Books, a bookstore in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
- Renaissance Broadcasting, an American TV broadcasting company
- Renaissance Capital, a Russian investment bank
- Renaissance Capital Bank, a Ukrainian financial institution
- Renaissance Cinemas, an Egyptian cinema chain
- Renaissance Credit, a Russian commercial bank
- Renaissance Enterprises, an American nonprofit organization
- Renaissance Hotels, a hotel brand
- Renaissance Learning, a educational software company
- Renaissance restaurant, a restaurant inside Scientology Celebrity Centre's Château Élysée building
- Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund management company
- Renaissance Theatre Company, a theatre production company 1987–1992
- Renaissance Theatre (Mansfield, Ohio), a movie theater
Politics
- Renaissance (French political party), or En Marche
- Renaissance (Italian political party)
- Renaissance (Monegasque political party)
- Renaissance Party (Egypt), founded 2011
- Egypt Renaissance Party, made up of former members of the National Democratic Party
- Egyptian Renaissance Party, a Sufi political party
- Ennahda, or Renaissance Party, in Tunisia
- L’Europe Ensemble Delegation to the European Parliament, originally called Renaissance
Schools
- Renaissance Academy (disambiguation), several uses
- Renaissance Charter School (disambiguation), several uses
- Renaissance College, in Hong Kong
- Renaissance College of Commerce and Management, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Renaissance High School, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- Renaissance High School (Idaho), U.S.
- Renaissance University, Nigeria
Sports
- Renaissance FC, a football club in N'Djamena, Chad
- Renaissance FC de Ngoumou, a football club in Ngoumou, Cameroon
Transportation
- Renaissance Cruises, a Norwegian cruise ship operating company
- Renaissance (railcar), a fleet of passenger cars in Canada
- Renaissance Trains, a British rail transport company
- List of ships named Renaissance
Other uses
- Renaissance, Georgia, a rejected name for the city of South Fulton
- Renaissance, Lewisham, a mixed-use development in London, England
- Renaissance Community, a commune in the northeast United States 1968–1988
- GNUstep Renaissance, a software development framework
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Renaissance
- All pages with titles containing Renaissance
- Renaissance fair (disambiguation)
- Renaissance Island (disambiguation)
- Renaissance Man (disambiguation)
- Renaissance theatre (disambiguation)
- Renaissance Tower (disambiguation)
- La Renaissance (disambiguation)
- Renascence (disambiguation)
- Reconnaissance (disambiguation)
- Ba'ath Party (disambiguation)
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