What was the renaissance?
a.) a period during the thirteenth century of renewed interest in ancient civilizations in europe.
b.) a period of artistic and literary achievements in europe from the late fourteenth to the early seventeenth centuries inspired by new interest in the classics.
c.) the rebirth of classical learning in the middle east between the late fourteenth and the early seventeenth centuries.
d.) the eighteenth century era of renewed interest in classical greece and rome.

B.) A period of artistic and literary achievements in Europe from the late fourteenth to the early seventeenth centuries inspired by new interest in the classics.

photography had emerged as an elite art pursued by a few creative individuals for a few wealthy patrons. but now, said bauldelaire, it was succumbing to "the great industrial madness of our times." it was becoming a mass production industry that catered to middle-class tastes, including a taste for gadgetry. the stereoscope, the first 3d imaging system, had turned looking at photographs into parlor entertainment. a "thousand hungry eyes were bending over the peepholes of the stereoscope as though they were the attic-windows of the infinite.