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
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3. A Pic I’ve Taken In A Festival
4. My Wife Just Out Of The Shower Checking Email
5. “At The Alter Of Bad Decisions”
6. Taken At A Wedding
7. Easter In Ukraine
8. A Modern Pietà
9. Man Observes Tiny Pineapple
10. A Cellphone Shot Through Glass Doors Of My Friends On Their Wedding Day
11. My Cats During A Lazy Morning Scuffle
12. Dnipro (Ukraine) Rescue Worker
13. The Beauty Of Andalusian Horses
14. The Moon Perfectly Lit Up My Toilet Lol
15. Cat Stares At Dry Paint
16. Loneliness
17. Shot During A Protest In France
18. This Snake Looks Like It Just Escaped Shawshank
19. Children At The Aquarium
20. Does This Pic Of My Doggy On My Bed Qualify As Accidental Renaissance?
21. Found Them Sleeping In The Same Position
22. “Young Daughter Of Hercules Exercises”
23. Found Them Sleeping In The Same Position
24. iPhone At Night=painting
25. 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)
26. Solar Charging Pup In Rest
27. “Totally Not A Cat Person”
28. The Kiss
29. Mom Giving Me A Perm In The Basement
30. The Lady Doth Sun Herself
31. A Bird Obstructing My View
32. Ask For A Light
33. Ashbournes Shrovetide Football In 2019 – 1 Shot From My Film Camera
34. The Overwhelmed Homeowner
35. The Peasant And The Guardian Lion (By Caraviaggio Est. 1607)
36. Photo I Took On My Film Cameras In Prague
37. We Took The Drunk Train Home
38. Roommate Dozing
39. Was Told This Shot Of Me Holding My Cat Could Fit Here
40. Three Sikh Students
41. I Took A Photo Of A Young Woman Sitting On A Horse In A Gas Station
42. Lady And Her Thoughts, London. Lumix S5
43. Thought This Belonged Here
44. Cat And Her Favorite Person
45. Well
46. My Wife Trying To Idk, Something About A Cold
47. My GF Has A Tendency To Fall Asleep While Sitting Up And Did So The Other Day While Still Draped In A Sheet
48. Every Face A Story
49. The Breakup, Circa 2019
50. “The Kiss” Noah Brelage
51. In The Pit
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