Golden Age (disambiguation)

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Golden Age refers to a mythological period of primeval human existence perceived as an ideal state when human beings were pure and free from suffering.

Golden Age may also refer to:

• Golden age (metaphor), the classical term used as a metaphor for a period of perceived greatness; includes a list of various golden ages

History

• Danish Golden Age, a period of exceptional creative production in Denmark in the 19th century
• Dutch Golden Age, a period of international respect for Dutch culture in the 17th century
  • Dutch Golden Age painting, oil painting in the Dutch golden age
• Golden age of alpinism, the decade in mountaineering between ascent of the Wetterhorn in 1854 and ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865
• Golden Age of Freethought, the socio-political movement promoting freethought that developed in the mid 19th-century United States
• Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain, a period of Jewish acceptance in Spain of the Middle Ages
• Islamic Golden Age, the era in the history of Islam, traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 13th century
• Northumbria's Golden Age, name given to a period of cultural flowering in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria

Science

• Golden age of physics, certain periods of progress in the physics sciences

Literature

Literary periods

• Golden age of detective fiction, an era of classic murder mystery novels
• Golden Age of Russian Poetry, the first half of the 19th century
• Golden Age of Science Fiction, an era during which the science fiction genre gained wide public attention, 1938 - 1946

Novels, stories and essays

• A Golden Age, a 2007 novel by Tahmima Anam
• The Golden Age (London novel), a 2014 novel by Joan London
• The Golden Age (Gore Vidal novel), a 2000 novel by Gore Vidal
• The Golden Age (Grahame), an 1895 book by Kenneth Grahame
• The Golden Age (novel series), a 2002 science fiction trilogy by John C. Wright, or the first book of the trilogy

Periodicals and comics

• Golden Age of Comic Books, a period in the history of American comic books, from the late 1930s to the early 1950s
• The Golden Age (comics), a 1993 limited series published by DC Comics, named in reference to the Golden Age of Comic Books
• The Golden Age, a magazine published by Jehovah's Witnesses, now known as Awake!
• The Golden Age, an Australian newspaper, now known as The Queanbeyan Age

Plays

• The Golden Age (Louis Nowra play), a 1985 play by Louis Nowra
• The Golden Age (Gurney play), a play by A. R. Gurney
• Golden Age, a 2009 play by Terrence McNally

Music

Classical compositions

• The Golden Age (Shostakovich), a 1930 ballet by Dmitri Shostakovich

Albums

• The Golden Age (American Music Club album), 2008
• The Golden Age (Bobby Conn album), 2001
• The Golden Age (Cracker album), 1996
• The Golden Age (Dizzy Wright album), 2013
• The Golden Age (The Legendary Pink Dots album), 1989
• The Golden Age (Woodkid album), 2013
• The Golden Age (Your Demise album), 2012

Songs

• "Golden Age" (song), a 2008 song by TV on the Radio
• "The Golden Age" (The Asteroids Galaxy Tour song), 2009
• "The Golden Age", a song by Beck from Sea Change
• "Golden Age", a song by Max Coveri
• "Golden Age", a song by Midnight Oil from Capricornia
• "Golden Age", a song by Allo Darlin' 2012
• "Golden Age", a song by Matt Monro 1958
• "(The) Golden Age", a song by Ray Stevens Ray Stevens 1973
• "A Golden Age", a song by The Waterboys 1991
• "The Golden Age", a song by Don Cherry R. Dix, M. Robbins 1959 Terry Dene 1959

Film and television

• Golden Age (1934 film), a 1934 Chinese film starring Jin Yan
• Golden Age (2006 film), a 2006 animated internet series later released as a film
• The Golden Era (film), a 2014 Chinese-Hong Kong film starring Tang Wei and Feng Shaofeng
• "Golden Age" (Torchwood), a radio episode of the TV series Torchwood
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age, a 2007 sequel to the 1998 film Elizabeth
• L'Age d'Or (The Golden Age), a 1930 surrealist movie by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí
• Berserk: The Golden Age Arc, a 2010s film series based on a manga story arc of the same name

Other uses

• Golden Age Lake, a man-made lake under construction in Turkmenistan
• Golden Age Studios, a recording facility in Auckland run by Joel Little

See also

• Golden Age Passport, an admission card formerly issued by the US National Park Service to persons 62 and over
• Golden Time (disambiguation)
• Golden Era (disambiguation)
• Golden Years (disambiguation)
• "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll", a 1974 single by Mott the Hoople
• All pages with a title containing Golden Age