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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