Cultural movements

• African Renaissance
  African Renaissance
  The African Renaissance is the concept that African people and nations overcome the current challenges confronting the continent and achieve cultural, scientific, economic, etc. renewal. This concept has been popularized by South African President Thabo Mbeki during his term of office...
  
  
• American Renaissance
  American Renaissance
  In the history of American architecture and the arts, the American Renaissance was the period in 1835-1880 characterized by renewed national self-confidence and a feeling that the United States was the heir to Greek democracy, Roman law, and Renaissance humanism...
  
  
• Arab Renaissance (Al-Nahda
  Al-Nahda
  Al-Nahda was a cultural renaissance that began in the late 19th century and early 20th century in Egypt, then later moving to Ottoman-ruled Arabic-speaking regions including Lebanon, Syria and others...
  
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• Bengal Renaissance
  Bengal Renaissance
  The Bengal Renaissance refers to a social reform movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the region of Bengal in Undivided India during the period of British rule...
  
  
• Carolingian Renaissance
  Carolingian Renaissance
  In the history of ideas the Carolingian Renaissance stands out as a period of intellectual and cultural revival in Europe occurring from the late eighth century, in the generation of Alcuin, to the 9th century, and the generation of Heiric of Auxerre, with the peak of the activities coordinated...
  
  
• Harlem Renaissance
  Harlem Renaissance
  The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke...
  
  
• Hawaiian Renaissance
  Hawaiian Renaissance
  The First and Second Hawaiian Renaissance was the Hawaiian resurgence of a distinct cultural identity that draws upon traditional kānaka maoli culture, with a significant divergence from the tourism-based "culture" which Hawaii was previously known for worldwide .-First Hawaiian...
  
  
• Islamic Renaissance
• Macedonian Renaissance
  Macedonian Renaissance
  Macedonian Renaissance is a label sometimes used to describe the period of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire , especially the 10th century, which some scholars have seen as a time of increased interest in classical scholarship and the assimilation of classical motifs into Christian...
  
  
• Māori Renaissance‎
• Native American Renaissance
  Native American Renaissance
  The Native American Renaissance was a term originally coined by critic Kenneth Lincoln in his 1983 book of the same title. Lincoln’s goal was to explore the explosion in production of literary works by Native Americans in the decade and a half after N. Scott Momaday had won the Pulitzer Prize in...
  
  
• Neo-Renaissance
  Neo-Renaissance
  Renaissance Revival is an all-encompassing designation that covers many 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Grecian nor Gothic but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes...
  
  
• Ottonian Renaissance
  Ottonian Renaissance
  The Ottonian Renaissance was a limited "renaissance" of economy and art in central and southern Europe that accompanied the reigns of the first three emperors of the Saxon Dynasty, all named Otto: Otto I , Otto II , and Otto III , and which in large part depended upon their patronage.One of three ...
  
  
• Renaissance of the 12th century
  Renaissance of the 12th century
  The Renaissance of the 12th century was a period of many changes at the outset of the High Middle Ages. It included social, political and economic transformations, and an intellectual revitalization of Western Europe with strong philosophical and scientific roots...
  
  
• Roman Renaissance
  Roman Renaissance
  The Renaissance in Rome was a season that goes from the late 15th to the mid-16th centuries, when the Papal city was the most important place of artistic production of the entire continent with masters who left an indelible mark on Western figurative art, such as Michelangelo and...
  
  
• San Francisco Renaissance
  San Francisco Renaissance
  The term San Francisco Renaissance is used as a global designation for a range of poetic activity centered on San Francisco and which brought it to prominence as a hub of the American poetic avant-garde. However, others The term San Francisco Renaissance is used as a global designation for a range...
  
  
• Scottish Renaissance
  Scottish Renaissance
  The Scottish Renaissance was a mainly literary movement of the early to mid 20th century that can be seen as the Scottish version of modernism. It is sometimes referred to as the Scottish literary renaissance, although its influence went beyond literature into music, visual arts, and politics...
  
  
• Southern Renaissance
  Southern Renaissance
  The Southern Renaissance was the reinvigoration of American Southern literature that began in the 1920s and 1930s with the appearance of writers such as William Faulkner, Caroline Gordon, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Katherine Anne Porter, Allen Tate, Tennessee Williams, and Robert Penn Warren, among...
  
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• Sumerian Renaissance
• Urban renaissance
  Urban Renaissance
  Urban renaissance is a term used to describe the recent period of repopulation and regeneration of many British cities, including Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, and parts of London after a period of inner city urban decay and suburbanisation during the mid-20th...
  
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• Yiddish Renaissance
  Yiddish Renaissance
  The Yiddish Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement which began among Jews in Eastern Europe during the latter part of the 19th Century. Some of the leading founders of this movement were Mendele Moykher-Sforim , I.L...
  
  

Political movements and parties

• Andean Renaissance
  Andean Renaissance
  Andean Renaissance is a political party in Peru.Its presidential candidate at the 2001 and 2006 elections, Ciro Alfredo Gálvez Herrera, won 0.8 % and 0.2 % of the vote, respectively....
  
  
• Ba'ath Party (Ba'ath is the Arabic equivalent of renaissance)
• Croatian True Renaissance
  Croatian True Renaissance
  Croatian True Revival was a right-wing political party in Croatia. Founded in 2002, the party never won any seats in general elections, although it briefly had three MPs in the Sabor in late 2003....
  
  
• Ennahda Movement of Tunisia
• Islamic Renaissance Movement
  Islamic Renaissance Movement
  The Islamic Renaissance Movement is a moderate Islamist political party of Algeria.In the 2002 elections it received 0.6 percent of the vote and has one member of parliament. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 3.39% of the vote and 5 out of 389 seats....
  
  
• Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
  Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
  The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan is an Islamist political party in Tajikistan. It is the only legal Islamist party in Central Asia...
  
  
• National Renaissance Party (United States)
• National Renaissance Party (Dominican Republic)
  National Renaissance Party (Dominican Republic)
  The National Renaissance Party is a minor political party in the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 1994, when it failed to win a seat. They again failed to win a seat in 1998, whilst their candidate received less than 1% of the vote in the 2000 presidential elections...
  
  

Music

• Renaissance (band)
  Renaissance (band)
  Renaissance are an English progressive rock band, most notable for their 1978 UK top 10 hit "Northern Lights" and progressive rock classics like "Carpet of the Sun", "Mother Russia" and "Ashes Are Burning".-Original incarnation :...
  
  
  • Renaissance (Renaissance album)
    Renaissance (Renaissance album)
    -Personnel:*Keith Relf - vocals, guitar, harmonica*Jim McCarty - percussion, vocals*John Hawken - piano, harpsichord*Louis Cennamo - bass*Jane Relf - vocals, percussion-"Island" single:...
    
    
• Renaissance (E.Town Concrete album)
  The Renaissance (E.Town Concrete album)
  The Renaissance is the fourth album by American rapcore band E.Town Concrete, released in April 2003.Music videos were produced for both "Mandibles" and "Punch The Walls." They saw moderate airplay on MTV2's Headbangers Ball in late 2003, which was key in helping garner a wider audience for the group...
  
  
• Renaissance (Mickey Finn's T. Rex album)
  Renaissance (Mickey Finn's T. Rex album)
  Renaissance is a 2002 live album by Mickey Finn's T. Rex. The band plays songs made popular by the original T. Rex during the late 1960s and 1970s.-Track listing:# "Ride a White Swan"# "I Love To Boogie"# "Telegram Sam"# "Metal Guru"# "New York City"...
  
  
• Renaissance (Miracles album)
  Renaissance (Miracles album)
  Renaissance was a critically acclaimed 1973 album by R&B group The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label, noted as the first-ever album by the group not to feature original lead singer Smokey Robinson on lead vocals...
  
  
• Renaissance (Lionel Richie album)
  Renaissance (Lionel Richie album)
  Renaissance is Lionel Richie's sixth studio album, which was released on October 16, 2000. Bonus tracks on international albums include "Shout It To The World", "Just Can't Say Goodbye", and "Angel ." "Tonight" was produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins.-Track listing:#"Angel" — 4:15#"Cinderella"...
  
  
• Renaissance (Vanilla Fudge album)
• Renaissance (Village People album)
  Renaissance (Village People album)
  Renaissance is an album by the Village People released in 1981. The title reflects the band's departure from the disco genre with which they had long been associated to a New Wave style following the downfall of disco as well as the discontinuation of their signature costumes.The album failed...
  
  
• The Renaissance (Q-Tip album)
  The Renaissance (Q-Tip album)
  The Renaissance is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Q-Tip, released November 3, 2008, on Universal Motown Records. The follow-up to his solo debut album, Amplified , it was recorded after Q-Tip's Kamaal/The Abstract was initially shelved in 2002 by his former label Arista Records...
  
  
• The Renaissance EP
  The Renaissance EP
  The Renaissance EP is an EP by the band MxPx released in 2001.-Track listing:# "Lonesome Town"# "Letting Go"# "Party II "# "Time Will Tell"# "The Opposite"# "Don't Look Back"# "Talk Of The Town"# "The Struggle"...
  
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• Renaissance: The Mix Collection, an album by Sasha & John Digweed
• "La Renaissance
  La Renaissance
  "'" is the national anthem of the Central African Republic, adopted upon independence in 1960. The words were written by the then Prime Minister, Barthélémy Boganda. The music was composed by Herbert Pepper, who also composed the national anthem of Senegal, ""....
  
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• Renaissance Recordings
  Renaissance Recordings
  Renaissance Recordings was a British record label, founded by the club Renaissance in 1994. In went into administration in 2008 and the back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd.-Series:Current*3D*Digital*Masters Series...
  
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• "Renaissance" (song)
  Renaissance (song)
  Renaissance is the ninth overall single from British band M People and is the fourth and final single from their second album Elegant Slumming . Written by Mike Pickering and Paul Heard. Produced by M People. It was released on 28 February 1994...
  
  , a song by M People on the album Elegant Slumming

Film, television and theatre

• Renaissance (film)
  Renaissance (film)
  Renaissance is a 2006 French black-and-white animated science fiction film by French director Christian Volckman. It was co-produced in France, United Kingdom and Luxembourg and released on 15 March 2006 in France and 28 July 2006 in the UK by Miramax Films...
  
  
• Renaissance (TV show)
• Renaissance Broadcasting
  Renaissance Broadcasting
  Renaissance Broadcasting, founded in 1982 by Michael Finkelstien, was a company that owned several UHF television stations, it was sold to Tribune Broadcasting in 1997...
  
  
• Renaissance Pictures
  Renaissance Pictures
  Renaissance Pictures is an American film production company. Founded by director Sam Raimi, producer Rob Tapert and actor Bruce Campbell, with help from publicist Irvin Shapiro, on August 10, 1979, to produce their film The Evil Dead, along with its sequels Evil Dead II and Army of...
  
  , a film production company
• Renaissance Theatre Company
  Renaissance Theatre Company
  The Renaissance Theatre Company was founded in 1987 by Kenneth Branagh and David Parfitt as a development of the work they had been doing periodically on the London 'Fringe', producing and appearing in lunchtime shows, leading up to Branagh's full-scale production of Romeo and Juliet, at the Lyric...
  
  , a theatre production company
• The Renaissance Theatre, a movie theater

Books and publications

• Renaissance (novel)
  Renaissance (novel)
  Renaissance is a science fiction novel by author Raymond F. Jones. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Astounding in 1944. It was published in 1951 by Gnome Press in an edition of 4,000 copies...
  
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• Renaissance Books
  Renaissance Books
  Renaissance Books is a large independent bookstore in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, specializing in used books. Founded in the early 1960s by George John and Erwin Just, it is now owned by Robert John, George's younger brother...
  
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• Renaissance Magazine
  Renaissance Magazine
  Renaissance Magazine is a glossy American magazine published every other month. Each issue comprises approximately 90 pages, and includes articles about the contemporary renaissance faire experience, medieval and renaissance history, castles, heraldry, cooking, and interviews with key individuals...
  
  , a publication about renaissance fairs

Academics

• Renaissance College Hong Kong
  Renaissance College Hong Kong
  Renaissance College, Hong Kong is a co-educational, through-train, private independent international school in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, serving primary, middle, and high school students . It is under the umbrella of English Schools Foundation...
  
  
• Renaissance High School
  Renaissance High School
  Renaissance High School is a public high school located within the city of Detroit, Michigan. Renaissance is one of four magnet high schools in the Detroit Public Schools district .Founded in 1978 on the previous site of Catholic Central High School, Renaissance's first...
  
  , in Detroit, Michigan
• Renaissance 2010
  Renaissance 2010
  Renaissance 2010 was a program of the Chicago Public Schools school district of Chicago, Illinois, United States.In 1997, the Illinois General Assembly approved 60 charter schools for the state...
  
  , a charter school program
• Renaissance Learning
  Renaissance Learning
  Renaissance Learning Inc. is an educational software and hardware company, publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol RLRN. It is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA, with offices in Canada, and the United Kingdom...
  
  , an educational software company
• Renaissance Learning Center
  Renaissance Learning Center
  The Renaissance Learning Center is a school for students with autism age 3 to 14. The Renaissance Learning Center is found in West Palm Beach, Florida....
  
  , a school for autistic students
• The Renaissance Society of America
  The Renaissance Society of America
  The Renaissance Society of America is an academic association founded in 1954 supportingthe study of the Renaissance period, 1300–1650, in Western history....
  
  , an academic association

Architecture, buildings and developments

• Renaissance architecture
  Renaissance architecture
  Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance...
  
  
• Renaissance Center
  Renaissance Center
  Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters...
  
  , a group of skyscrapers in Michigan, United States
• Renaissance Tower
  Renaissance Tower
  Renaissance Tower is a , 56-story modernist skyscraper located at 1201 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, Texas. The tower is the second tallest in the city, the fifth tallest in Texas, and the 24th tallest in the United States...
  
  , a skyscraper in Texas, United States
• Chevron Renaissance
  Chevron Renaissance
  Chevron Renaissance is a $400 million development in Queensland, Australia by Gold Coast veteran developer Raptis Group comprising both Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre and Towers of Chevron Renaissance...
  
  , a mixed-use development in Queensland, Australia

Other uses

• Renaissance (club)
  Renaissance (club)
  Renaissance is a British electronic dance music club brand and record label. Renaissance was started by Geoff Oakes at Venue 44 in Mansfield, England in 1992. Renaissance was Geoff Oakes' antidote to the sci-fi imagery and dressed down clubbers of the 'rave' scene .In 1993 Renaissance moved to a...
  
  
• Renaissance (demogroup)
  Renaissance (demogroup)
  Renaissance was an American PC demo group started in 1991-1992 by founding members Mosaic, C.C. Catch, Daredevil, and Tran.- History and contributions :...
  
  
• Renaissance (Fabergé egg)
  Renaissance (Fabergé egg)
  The Renaissance egg is a jewelled agate Easter egg made by Michael Perchin under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1894...
  
  
• La Renaissance (barge)
  La Renaissance (barge)
  The La Renaissance was built in Belgium in 1960 as a spitz barge to carry cargo along the canals of Europe. Her original cargo was grain and iron ore. She presently serves as a luxury hotel barge, owned and operated by European Waterways.-History:...
  
  , a hotel barge
• Renaissance Capital (Russian company), an investment bank
• Renaissance Cruises
  Renaissance Cruises
  Renaissance Cruises, originally founded in 1989 owned by Fearnley & Eger Rederi in Oslo - Norway, was a cruise line operator that operated year-round cruise itineraries to the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Northern Europe and Scandinavia. The company ceased...
  
  
• Renaissance Hotels
  Renaissance Hotels
  Renaissance Hotels is a worldwide brand of hotels and resorts. The brand is owned by Marriott International and many Renaissance Hotels are managed by Marriott; however, some are operated under a franchise license. Renaissance Hotels, Resorts and Suites cater to an upmarket segment of the traveling...
  
  
• Renaissance Society, an art museum
• Renaissance Technologies
  Renaissance Technologies
  Renaissance Technologies is a hedge fund management company of about 275 employees and more than $ billion in assets under management in three funds...
  
  , a hedge fund management company
• Renaissance Trains
  Renaissance Trains
  Renaissance Trains is a company formed in 1997 with the purpose of promoting and investing in "open access" passenger and freight rail businesses in the United Kingdom, as well as promoting and investing in rail industry innovation. Its shareholders are John Nelson, Peter Wilkinson, Mike Jones and...
  
  , a rail transport company
• GNUstep Renaissance
  GNUstep Renaissance
  GNUstep Renaissance is a development framework that reads XML descriptions of graphical user interfaces from an application bundle and converts them into native widgets and connections at runtime under either GNUstep or Mac OS X....
  
  , a GNU development framework
• Ultima Online: Renaissance
  Ultima Online: Renaissance
  Ultima Online: Renaissance is the second expansion to the popular Ultima Online MMORPG. Released on May 4, 2000, it added content, fixed bugs, and made gameplay changes in response to common player complaints....
  
  , a computer game expansion
• MS Renaissance
  MS Renaissance
  MS Renaissance was a 1966 built cruise liner. She was built by Chantiers de l’Atlantique for Compagnie Francaise de Navigation, a subsidiary of Paquet Cruises...
  
  , a cruise liner
• Renaissance (restaurant)
  Renaissance (restaurant)
  Renaissance is a restaurant located in the conservatory building of the Château Elysée in Hollywood, California.Dining Professionals of America has recognized it as one of the top 40 restaurants in Los Angeles...