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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The ideas of Martin Luther? 0:50
Edit: got it, just needed to give him some time
I agree the Mona Lisa is trash. People just agree to like her because they are told to.
Not to be contrary, but one of the reasons the Mona Lisa is popular is definitely that it was stolen. That’s a huge reason a lot of people ever heard of it. Great scene in Venture Bros. Phantom Limb wants to sell a stolen Rembrandt, but the buyer wants The Mona Lisa. “The Mona Lisa isn’t a better painting, it’s simply a more famous painting. And it was made more famous because it was stolen…and THIS is stolen. Plus, it’s tiny, you know. So this is a better value, by the…foot.”
its so hilarious and american to see even these historical paintings of nude body parts being pixelated XD get a grip america
Ginevra de’ Benci is a much better painting than Mona Lisa.
Alright, I need to look it up online, I only know about Mona Lisa (Gioconda).
What a fantastic 33min of knowledge! Thank you
Why does he talk like Moria rose
The Mona Lisa is the most famous because it was stolen and went missing for 3 years, capturing the attention of the world.
I thought Mona Lisa painting became popular only after it was stolen in the 1920s.
15:15 about the Tupinamba indigenous tribe (extinct after the colonization) they were actually cannibal and had a peculiar ritual to consume their prisoners. I recommend check the book of one of their prisoners who was able to escape: ” Hans Staden’s True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil”
Sooo interesting. Would listen to him teach this stuff for hours tbh
he’s back to drinkwater now
The final boss of enunciation – His Syllables are a timezone apart
I think the Mona Lisa is popular because the Mona Lisa is popular, sort of like kim kardadhian. There are MANY more interesting paintings for most people. I couldnt care less about the Mona Lisa yet found myself looking at it in that crowd just like all the other people searching for it’s significance, yet could not discover it… sorry.
27:44 Bible doesn’t describe the world as geocentric. It doesn’t describe the orbits at all… That’s a misconception because Catholic Church, for some bizarre reason, decided to treat Ptolemy’s model (who was a pagan) as a Holy Cow.
gayeeee
I am appalled to learn that Italians did not make their food with tomato throughout history!
oh, and the Mona Lisa is popular because it was stolen (I think, twice).
Did people in the Renaissance eat lobster bisque?
Thank you for standing up for Shakespeare. 👏👏👏