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Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...

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. Renaissance may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

Bands and labels

* Renaissance (band), an English progressive rock band *

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 March 1992. Renaissance was Geoff Oakes' antidote to the sci-fi imagery and dressed down cl ...

, a British electronic dance music club brand and record label *

Renaissance Recordings Renaissance Recordings is a British record label, founded by the club Renaissance in 1994. It went into administration in September 2010 and the back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd. After a year of inactivity, in July 20 ...

, a British record label

Albums

* ''Renaissance'' (The Association album), 1966 * ''Renaissance'' (Beyoncé album), 2022 * ''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 Allen Eager (January 10, 1927 – April 13, 2003) was an American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist who also competed in auto racing and took part in LSD experiments. Early life Allen Eager was born in New York City on January 10, 1927. He grew up ...

* '' The Renaissance EP'', by MxPx, 2001

Songs

* "Renaissance" (song), by M People, 1994 * "

La Renaissance "" ( sg, "E Zingo") is the national anthem of the Central African Republic. It was adopted on 25 May 1960, shortly before the republic's independence on 13 August the same year. The words were written by then Prime Minister Barthélémy Boganda ...

", 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''

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) 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. The egg was made for Alexander III of Russia, who presented it to his wife, the Empress Maria ...

, 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 The Disney Renaissance was the period from 1989 to 1999 during which Walt Disney Feature Animation returned to producing critically and commercially successful animated films that were mostly musical adaptations of well-known stories, much ...

, a period between late 80s and 90s during which Walt Disney Studios returned to producing critically and commercially successful animated films

Businesses and organisations

Companies and establishments

* Renaissance (demogroup), creators of the ''Zone 66'' video game *

Renaissance Ballroom & Casino The Renaissance Ballroom & Casino was originally, when built in 1921, a New York City complex that included a casino, ballroom, 900-seat theater, six retail stores, and a basketball arena. It was located in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan at ...

, New York City, U.S. *

Renaissance Books Renaissance Books is a large independent bookstore originally located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, specializing in used books. Founded in the 1950s by George John and Erwin Just, it is now owned by Robert John, George's younger brother."Shab ...

, a bookstore in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. *

Renaissance Broadcasting Renaissance Broadcasting, founded in 1982 by Michael Finkelstein, was a company that owned several UHF television stations, it was sold to Tribune Broadcasting in 1997. The company was headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. History Renaissan ...

, 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 Renaissance Learning, Inc. (also known simply as Renaissance) is a software as a service and learning analytics company that makes cloud-based, Pre-K–12 educational software and adaptive assessments. Renaissance employs about 1,000 employees in ...

, a educational software company * Renaissance restaurant, a restaurant inside Scientology Celebrity Centre's Château Élysée building *

Renaissance Technologies Renaissance Technologies LLC, also known as RenTech or RenTec, is an American hedge fund based in East Setauket, New York, on Long Island, which specializes in systematic trading using quantitative models derived from mathematical and statisti ...

, a hedge fund management company *

Renaissance Theatre Company The Renaissance Theatre Company was a theatre company founded in 1987 by Kenneth Branagh and David Parfitt. It was disbanded in 1992. History The company was a development of the work Branagh and Parfitt had been doing periodically on the Londo ...

, a theatre production company 1987–1992 *

Renaissance Theatre (Mansfield, Ohio) The Renaissance Theatre, previously known as the Ohio Theatre, is a restored movie palace-type theater located at 138 Park Ave. W in Mansfield, Ohio. The 1,402-seat theater opened on January 18, 1928, as the Ohio Theatre and serves today as the l ...

, a movie theater

Politics

Renaissance (French political party) Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...

, or ''En Marche'' *

Renaissance (Italian political party) Renaissance ( it, Rinascimento) is a political party in Italy. Its leader is Vittorio Sgarbi, an Italian art critic, art historian, politician, cultural commentator and television personality. Sgarbi was formerly a member of the Italian Liberal P ...

* 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 The Ennahda Movement ( ar, حركة النهضة, Ḥarakatu n-Nahḍah; french: link=no, Mouvement Ennahdha), also known as the Renaissance Party or simply known as Ennahda, is a self-defined Islamic democratic political party in Tunisia. Fou ...

, 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 Renaissance High School is a public high school in the city of Detroit, Michigan. Renaissance is one of four magnet high schools in the Detroit Public Schools district; (the others being Cass Technical High School, Detroit School of Arts, and C ...

, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. *

Renaissance High School (Idaho) Renaissance High School (RHS) is a four-year public magnet high school within the West Ada School District located in Meridian, Idaho, United States. Academics Dual high school-college enrollment is available with Idaho State University. It is ...

, U.S. *

Renaissance University Renaissance University is a private university licensed by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2005. Its main campus is located in Ugbawka (Igbo: Ugbuoka) in Enugu State, Nigeria. Location Renaissance University is located in Ugbawka (off Enug ...

, Nigeria

Sports

* Renaissance FC, a football club in N'Djamena, Chad * Renaissance FC de Ngoumou, a football club in Ngoumou, Cameroon

Transportation

Renaissance Cruises Renaissance Cruises was a cruise ship operating company that was founded in 1989 and owned by Fearnley & Eger Rederi in Oslo, Norway. It was purchased by Edward Rudner (founder of Alamo Car Rental) as the company faltered during the Gulf War. It o ...

, a Norwegian cruise ship operating company *

Renaissance (railcar) The Renaissance fleet is a set of intercity railroad cars owned and operated by Via Rail Canada. History The cars were built by Metro-Cammell in the mid-1990s for the proposed ''Nightstar (train), Nightstar'' overnight service between the United ...

, 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 Renaissance is a mixed-use development designed by Assael Architecture and commissioned by Barratt Homes in Lewisham, Greater London comprising 788 flats in 10 buildings, retail units at ground level, a district heating centre and the Glass Mil ...

, a mixed-use development in London, England *

Renaissance Community The Brotherhood of the Spirit (renamed Renaissance Community in 1974) was one of the largest and most enduring communes in the northeast United States and as such was a distinct link between the commune phenomenon of the 1960s and the current New A ...

, a commune in the northeast United States 1968–1988 *

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. GNUstep Rena ...

, a software development framework