35 Times People Took A Photograph And Realized It’s “Accidental Renaissance” (New Pics)
We take plenty of photos but for most of us, it's pretty difficult to get good at it. No matter how hard we're trying. Others, however, can produce a spectacular image even when they're not.
The subreddit r/AccidentalRenaissance is the biggest online "gallery" for these works — it showcases photographs that inadvertently resemble well-composed Renaissance-style art.
"We recognize there are many related art movements between the 14th and 19th centuries, including Baroque, Neo-classicism, Romantic, Dutch Golden Age, etc. All of these styles are appreciated and welcomed within this subreddit!" the moderators of r/AccidentalRenaissance write.
Following up on our earlier publications (part 1, part2), we put together a new list of the best masterpieces the subreddit has to offer. Enjoy.
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Stuck My Arm In The Coop To Sneak A Pic Of The Hens Settling Down At Dusk One Night- “Magic Hour”
National Park In Italy
To further explain Accidental Renaissance, the people who look after the subreddit provide these descriptions:
- Composition: triangular/pyramidal figures, dynamic, asymmetrical, foreshortening, and, of course, the use of the Fibonacci sequence or Golden Ratio;
- Lighting: Featuring use of sfumato (blurring/softening of outlines) and/or chiaroscuro (strong contrasts between light and dark);
- Subject: Landscapes, people, scenes that feature one or both of the above.
Billie Holiday Performing "Strange Fruit" In NYC's First Ever Integrated Club, 1939
Strange fruit is about the racial hate and the lynching of African Americans. Read the lyrics and look at that "lovely vintage picture" again. https://genius.com/Billie-holiday-strange-fruit-lyrics
This Candid Of My Hubby During The Texas Blackout
A representative of the mod team, u/Openminded_skeptic, told Bored Panda that "the most popular subjects appear to be scenes with crowds of people doing things like protesting, marching for a cause, or otherwise expressing themselves; highly saturated, photos of people, livestock, or interesting architecture featuring chiaroscuro and many times sun or light rays highlighting a portion of the photo; and photos featuring politicians or world leaders seem to be fairly popular."
The Winner Of The Miami Street Photography Festival Award By Paul Kessel
Bedtime For Jeff The Goose
As of today, the community has 816K members, or as they call themselves, universalis personae. u/Openminded_skeptic describes them "as passionate and invested in the subreddit and the subject of Renaissance-esque photography, sometimes to the point of getting into spirited debates in the comment section on whether a particular photo is or is not either accidental or Renaissance!"
u/Openminded_skeptic attributes the popularity of the subreddit to the universal appeal of the period. "Renaissance-era art was really about humanity's rebirth, culturally, economically, politically, and artistically," they said. "I think that's something that never goes out of style."
Vermeer Vibes
Girl With Goose
Indeed. Art, architecture, and science were closely linked during the Renaissance, and often these fields even fused together.
For example, artists like da Vinci incorporated scientific principles, such as anatomy into their work, so they could recreate the human body with extraordinary precision. Architects such as Filippo Brunelleschi immersed themselves in mathematics to accurately engineer and design immense buildings with expansive domes. And scientific discoveries by Galileo, Descartes, and other forward-thinking pioneers led to major shifts in thinking.
Renaissance art was characterized by realism and naturalism — artists strived to depict people and objects in a true-to-life way, and these pictures achieve that too.
Window To An Open Meadow
The Player
Marches In France
Three Friends
This Polaroid My Dad Took In Amsterdam Back In The 1980s
Tea Time
Aide Of A Padre
French Farmers Use Fire To Try To Save Their Vineyards During Cold Nights
Rainbow Soldier
All I can think is the list of superheroes killed by their capes in the Incredibles,
The Dress Of Novice Monks In Thailand
Earthly Pleasures
Looks Familiar
A Priest In A Church Of Paris, France
I would love to walk into this picture with a bed and just sleep for hours.
Winter Water Main Break At Night
Despite the efforts of his PR team, it has been revealed that God does not inhabit heaven.
Friend Left A Knot On The Lead Rope By Accident And Left Us This Amazing Piece
Looks like a Renaissance picture where they're all reaching for enlightenment or whatever those paintings mean.
The More You Look, The Better It Gets
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Do not restart the program!!! Place in original packaging and dispose of carefully.
Load More Replies...bring your kids to work day ? who brought the t**t with the blue tie and small hands
You can see how Donnie is barely able to control his urge to kick the shyte out of the kid on the floor.
Was this at a wax museum? Trump looks as bad as his figure in the Arlington Ripley's/Madam Tussaud.
President Jackson’s portrait looked at the kid and said: IKR? Where the heck did y’all find this guy?
What does it say that the most lively looking person in the picture is the portrait of Andrew Jackson?
Ok I need to know, someone tell me when and why. What is going on in this picture.
The kid gets it! Just what a lot of us wanted to do during his Presidency!
It's oft been said that mentally ill folks have a stance that is similar to this one...tilted forward and hands limply held down and in front....not at the sides.... and by golly we FINALLY have the proof we need....why hasn't anyone commented on this obvious stance until now????
lol I am sure there are hundreds of stories of children in the White House who had to take a rest or had a meltdown!
Chap at the microphone looks like he has an arm extension mechanism - "extend & lower to chastise errant child"
I have never felt such dislike & disgust for another human being, EVER - and I'm using that term sarcastically. What a f*****g embarrassment.
It looks the PARASITE Film poster ,just add some blood and censor their eyes.
Never would I have believed there could be so much vile hatred as posted here for a rightfully elected President in the United States of America. All this hate from people who are supposedly so tolerant. Bet you all had ‘Love Trumps Hate’ posters on your lawns and doors too.
(farts in your face) Gotta love how the trump trash who spent four-plus years screaming "f*** your feelings" in defense of the jackass who mocked everyone from mourning parents to people with disabilities are crying for civility now.
Load More Replies...I looks like the one guy was making a gesture and slapped the boy in the face
A Man Outside Of The Courthouse Learns That Derek Chauvin Was Found Guilty On All Three Counts
South Of France - Analog 35mm Film // No Edit
Pandemic Dad
A Bad Hair Day That Turned Out Like An Oil Painting
I don't know why, but I really like his nose! It's got so much personality for some reason (kinda weird I know, but it just seems to add to this photo!)
Rome, Nuns On A Break
A Young Monk
Brother Mark takes a vow of Contemplative Silence. Or maybe he broke a prop lightsaber and is trying to work out how to let George know.
Stephen Fry Being Vaccinated At The Poets' Corner Of Westminster Abbey
Orthodox Jews In The Time Of Covid
This is a funeral, all those not wearing masks were anti-body positive people, etc. Contrary to popular myth, it is a high vaccinated community, that follows scientific advice of their own medical orgs like JOWMA, and only came out average in terms of number of cases or deaths.
My Step Mother Trying To Cool Off And Sadie, Who Is Terrified Of My 6 Month Old Twins
The Jollification
Covid Reaches The Us, 2020
Note: this post originally had 105 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes.
Loved it! Wonderful photography. Even the comic ones had a touch of realism art to them. Thank you.
Yes because they were part of a competition. When Bored Panda copies and pastes stuff from Reddit, they're not particularly bothered about the details.
Load More Replies...I don;t know whether or not this will work here, but I took this photo with my I phone 6 last year while walking my dog in the woods near my home. Woodland-s...bf-png.jpg
this classic image of Manchester drunks should be on this list: https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewchampion/i-dont-know-much-about-art-but-i-know-what-i-like
I think it's been on an earlier one of these compilations?
Load More Replies...Loved it! Wonderful photography. Even the comic ones had a touch of realism art to them. Thank you.
Yes because they were part of a competition. When Bored Panda copies and pastes stuff from Reddit, they're not particularly bothered about the details.
Load More Replies...I don;t know whether or not this will work here, but I took this photo with my I phone 6 last year while walking my dog in the woods near my home. Woodland-s...bf-png.jpg
this classic image of Manchester drunks should be on this list: https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewchampion/i-dont-know-much-about-art-but-i-know-what-i-like
I think it's been on an earlier one of these compilations?
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