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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.\n\n0:00 Renaissance Support\n0:13 What is The Renaissance?\n1:00 Renaissance: Beginnings\n2:26 Sheesh\n4:18 Renaissance Diet\n5:43 Hidden messages in The Last Supper\n7:33 Renaissance Content\n8:05 I’m your Venus I’m your fire at your desire\n9:26 Heroes in a half shell\n9:53 Belladonna for cosmetic purposes\n10:58 Gutenberg vs Guttenberg\n13:17 Was MLK named after the protestant Martin Luther?\n14:34 Here be monsters\n15:31 The Sistine Chapel\n17:13 Renaissance resources\n18:41 da Vinci’s Notebooks\n20:47 Was da Vinci wealthy?\n21:49 Makaveli referencing Machiavelli\n22:46 I’m here to talk to you about the Avenger initiative\n23:35 Renaissance Faire Drip\n25:25 Ha okay. Just a very friendly bachelor, then.\n26:24 Copernicus\n27:57 Istanbul was Constantinople\n29:23 Brunelleschi’s dome\n30:37 Renaissance Hygiene\n31:24 Before dentistry\n32:12 Shakespeare: Was He Real?\n\nDirector: Lisandro Perez-Rey\nDirector of Photography: Ben Dewey \nEditor: Richard Trammell\nExpert: Alexander Bevilacqua\nCreative Producer: Anna O'Donohue\nLine Producer: Joseph Buscemi\nAssociate Producer: Brandon White \nProduction Manager: Peter Brunette\nProduction Coordinator: Rhyan Lark\nCasting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer\nCamera Operator: Lauren Pruitt\nSound Mixer: Michael Guggino\nProduction Assistant: Ryan Coppola\nPost Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin\nPost Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim\nSupervising Editor: Christina Mankellow\nAdditional Editor: Jason Malizia\nAssistant Editor: Billy Ward

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