Alex Buscemi
Renaissance masterpieces are known for portraying figures in dramatic poses with perfect lighting that make a captured moment seem all the more epic. But what if, instead of The Creation of Adam or The Last Supper, we applied that same drama to photos of modern life?
In these funny “Accidental Renaissance” pics, photographers snapped a casual shot of their cat or their friend, not realizing they had captured a moment with the same high-drama attitude of a classic painting by Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo.
This pic dump compiles some of the most beautiful examples of an “Accidental Renaissance.” Scroll through and be awakened.
1. How Beautiful Are These Chickens
2. A Pic I’ve Taken In A Festival
3. My Wife Just Out Of The Shower Checking Email
4. “At The Alter Of Bad Decisions”
5. Taken At A Wedding
6. Easter In Ukraine
7. A Modern Pietà
8. Man Observes Tiny Pineapple
9. A Cellphone Shot Through Glass Doors Of My Friends On Their Wedding Day
10. My Cats During A Lazy Morning Scuffle
11. Dnipro (Ukraine) Rescue Worker
12. The Beauty Of Andalusian Horses
13. The Moon Perfectly Lit Up My Toilet Lol
14. Cat Stares At Dry Paint
15. Loneliness
16. Shot During A Protest In France
17. This Snake Looks Like It Just Escaped Shawshank
18. Children At The Aquarium
19. Does This Pic Of My Doggy On My Bed Qualify As Accidental Renaissance?
20. Found Them Sleeping In The Same Position
21. “Young Daughter Of Hercules Exercises”
22. Found Them Sleeping In The Same Position
23. iPhone At Night=painting
24. The Lighting, The Longing, The Depiction Of Criminal And Her Crime (Please Keep In Mind This Is Someone’s Pet And Don’t Be Rude About Her Species)
25. Solar Charging Pup In Rest
26. “Totally Not A Cat Person”
27. The Kiss
28. Mom Giving Me A Perm In The Basement
29. The Lady Doth Sun Herself
30. A Bird Obstructing My View
31. Ask For A Light
32. Ashbournes Shrovetide Football In 2019 – 1 Shot From My Film Camera
33. The Overwhelmed Homeowner
34. The Peasant And The Guardian Lion (By Caraviaggio Est. 1607)
35. Photo I Took On My Film Cameras In Prague
36. We Took The Drunk Train Home
37. Roommate Dozing
38. Was Told This Shot Of Me Holding My Cat Could Fit Here
39. Three Sikh Students
40. I Took A Photo Of A Young Woman Sitting On A Horse In A Gas Station
41. Lady And Her Thoughts, London. Lumix S5
42. Thought This Belonged Here
43. Cat And Her Favorite Person
44. Well
45. My Wife Trying To Idk, Something About A Cold
46. My GF Has A Tendency To Fall Asleep While Sitting Up And Did So The Other Day While Still Draped In A Sheet
47. Every Face A Story
48. The Breakup, Circa 2019
49. “The Kiss” Noah Brelage
50. In The Pit
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