Historian Answers Renaissance Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Historian Alexander Bevilacqua joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the cultural rebirth which came to be known as The Renaissance. When did The Renaissance begin? What was it exactly? Why do paintings like the Mona Lisa and The Birth of Venus remain so famous centuries later? What did people's diets consist of during The Renaissance? How was their hygiene? Answers to these questions and many more await within this episode of Renaissance Support.



0:00 Renaissance Support

0:13 What is The Renaissance?

1:00 Renaissance: Beginnings

2:26 Sheesh

4:18 Renaissance Diet

5:43 Hidden messages in The Last Supper

7:33 Renaissance Content

8:05 I’m your Venus I’m your fire at your desire

9:26 Heroes in a half shell

9:53 Belladonna for cosmetic purposes

10:58 Gutenberg vs Guttenberg

13:17 Was MLK named after the protestant Martin Luther?

14:34 Here be monsters

15:31 The Sistine Chapel

17:13 Renaissance resources

18:41 da Vinci’s Notebooks

20:47 Was da Vinci wealthy?

21:49 Makaveli referencing Machiavelli

22:46 I’m here to talk to you about the Avenger initiative

23:35 Renaissance Faire Drip

25:25 Ha okay. Just a very friendly bachelor, then.

26:24 Copernicus

27:57 Istanbul was Constantinople

29:23 Brunelleschi’s dome

30:37 Renaissance Hygiene

31:24 Before dentistry

32:12 Shakespeare: Was He Real?



Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey

Director of Photography: Ben Dewey

Editor: Richard Trammell

Expert: Alexander Bevilacqua

Creative Producer: Anna O'Donohue

Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi

Associate Producer: Brandon White

Production Manager: Peter Brunette

Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark

Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer

Camera Operator: Lauren Pruitt

Sound Mixer: Michael Guggino

Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola

Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin

Post Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim

Supervising Editor: Christina Mankellow

Additional Editor: Jason Malizia

Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

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