Which statement best describes the Renaissance?



 
A.
a period of artistic and literary achievement in Europe from the late fourteenth to the early seventeenth centuries, initially inspired by new interest in the classics


 
B.
an era of renewed European interest in Asian art and literature during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, inspired by revived trade with China


 
C.
a time of scientific discovery and study from the early fourteenth to the late fifteenth centuries, inspired by the work of Aristotle


 
D.
an age of religious and philosophical turmoil during the late seventeenth century, inspired by the work of Leonardo da Vinci