Once in a while, time, light, and space conspire to bridge the gap between the present and the past. In those moments, modern photos snapped with handheld computers come to look like accidental renaissance paintings created by the old masters. Fortunately, there is a subreddit called /r/AccidentalRenaissance where anyone in the world can share their magnificent digital paintings.
Strictly speaking, not every photo on this list echoes the renaissance, but every single one is clearly more than just a quick digital snap of everyday life. Some look like impressionist paintings, while others might echo baroque or neoclassical motifs. The fact that these photos speak to us so distinctly tells us just how indelible the visual identity of these historical art styles actually is.
#1 Just Found This Sub! Hope My Photo Here Suits It!
Image source: Oozy46
#2 The Pallas Cats
Image source: tyrannoAdjudica
#3 Ice Skating At Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Image source: I_Eat_Pork
#4 Orthodox Jews Having Celebrated Purim
Image source: VisceralAdiposity
#5 Capybara Basks In Sun’s Rays
Image source: isthatabingo
#6 Just Like That
Image source: LiziDarbaidze
#7 My Wife On Our Wedding Day
Image source: csPOthr33cs
#8 Chinese Garden
Image source: veturoldurnar
#9 Hungary
Image source: CartanAnnullator
#10 People Run To Shelter From A Hail-Storm!
Image source: -Effective_Mountain-
#11 Polar Bears Moving Into An Arctic Weather Station
Image source: fajadraws
#12 Messed Up The Exposure And Caught This
Image source: TheBlueCat_
#13 The Tattoo
Image source: RavioliStiegl
#14 A Lion & Warthog In South Africa. By Alex Choi
Image source: discomuffin
#15 This Man Painting Shoes In Rome
Image source: bobjonrob
#16 The Lifesaver
Image source: chordalLinage54
#17 Hawaiian Surfer Ha’a Keaulana Training Underwater
Image source: rip_ripley
#18 Joined This Sub Just To Post My Dad, Enjoy
Image source: orlandothor
#19 Überlingen At Lake Constance, Shortly After Sunset
Image source: nighteeeeey
#20 Violinist Playing During Her Own Brain Surgery
Image source: MovesLikeVader
#21 Summertime Sunlight
Image source: veturoldurnar
#22 The Gunpla Maker
Image source: SpongeTofu
#23 Mountain Landscape
Image source: um-uh-er
#24 The Nuns And The Hippies
Image source: liamfellows06
#25 Girl In Verona (May 16, 1918)
Image source: idapitbwidiuatabip
#26 Arnold In The 1970s
Image source: sayittomeplease
#27 Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget
Image source: CredibleCactus
#28 “Tokyo Compression” By Michael Wolf
Image source: Gisbitus
#29 Holy Week In Spain
Image source: crlogic
#30 A Short, Tall And Biggest Man Play Cards
Image source: swan001
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