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Generally, scholars agree that the Renaissance lasted from the 14th to the 17th century.

However, its influence is still evident in modern society, and a fun example of this is the appropriately titled subreddit 'Accidental Renaissance.'

This online community shares pictures that unintentionally evoke the aesthetic and thematic elements of the famous past era. Maybe it's true what Oscar Wilde once said, "life imitates art far more than art imitates life."

Continue scrolling to check out the images, and don't miss the conversation we had with art historian Dr. Sally Hickson. You'll find it spread in between the pictures.

#1

Chaplain Ivan Of The Orthodox Church Of Ukraine Reads A Prayer For Ukranian Servicemen

Chaplain Ivan Of The Orthodox Church Of Ukraine Reads A Prayer For Ukranian Servicemen

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Jessica Bertram
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2 years ago

🥺

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    #2

    Surveying The Feast

    Surveying The Feast

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    Pyla
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Dutch renaissance, Vermeer’s lost “Cat Giving Humans a Lesson”

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    #3

    Ballet Dancers Photographed After A Performance

    Ballet Dancers Photographed After A Performance

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    boredkoala
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Tutus as social distancing 🤔

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    #4

    His Fur In This Lighting Looks Like An Oil Painting

    His Fur In This Lighting Looks Like An Oil Painting

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    He's cute. Is he married? Asking for a friend.

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    #5

    Parents Hugging Their Daughter After Her Face Transplant

    Parents Hugging Their Daughter After Her Face Transplant

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    Georgie Montague
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    This made me cry. It is so filled with love and compassion - of that family, and the family that donated their loved ones face.

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    #6

    Raising Caterpillars. A Lot Of People Told Me That This Picture Looks Like A Painting

    Raising Caterpillars. A Lot Of People Told Me That This Picture Looks Like A Painting

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    boredkoala
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    It really does! Lookit all those baby monarchs! 🤩

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    #7

    My Granduncle Having Dinner In A Dark Room

    My Granduncle Having Dinner In A Dark Room

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    Pyla
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I’ll bet you Caravaggio and raise you some chiaroscuro.

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    #8

    Isle Of Skye Stein Inn

    Isle Of Skye Stein Inn

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    Jake B
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I love this. I would like to be there with a drink and a meal.

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    #9

    I Was Told My Image Would Go Well Here. Thoughts?

    I Was Told My Image Would Go Well Here. Thoughts?

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    Jessica Bertram
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    This is absolutely gorgeous

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    #10

    A Flemish Masterpiece

    A Flemish Masterpiece

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    Bored something
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    That's a coy look

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    #11

    Otter Renaissance

    Otter Renaissance

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    Zaphod
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    One time, I was in Yellowstone and they had a road closed for 8 hours due to construction. My friends and I set up by a stream and played some frisbee to wait it out. A group of 3 otters swam by us. They were totally playing with each other the entire way upstream. That was special.

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    #12

    Florence And The Crowd

    Florence And The Crowd

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    LauraDragonWench
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Pre-Raphaelite movement: I'm thinking John Everett Millais.

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    #13

    Someone Told Me This Dramatic Floor Belonged Here

    Someone Told Me This Dramatic Floor Belonged Here

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    Pyla
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Michelangelo would get it

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    #14

    A Baseball Game In Bhutan

    A Baseball Game In Bhutan

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    This is a fantastic photograph!

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    #15

    Bug Inside Lamp (2023)

    Bug Inside Lamp (2023)

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    It's not going to end well for either the bug or the lamp.

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    #16

    A Drummer From A Concert That I Shot Today

    A Drummer From A Concert That I Shot Today

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    Jeevesssssss
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    A bit harsh. I'm sure you could have just lobbed something at him instead if he was that bad.

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    #17

    Snow Day

    Snow Day

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    Greennovator
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I get a bit of Norman Rockwell with this one. 😊

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    #18

    Old Man And His Dog

    Old Man And His Dog

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    Sandra Angulo
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    This one reminds me of a post that was something like “Dad’s Who Didn’t Want To Get a Dog” and every single picture was of an older man and a dog he had come to adore cuddling (usually both passes out lol)

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    #19

    Adoration At The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston

    Adoration At The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston

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    Pyla
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Everyone adores Sargent

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    #20

    The Deer Lord And His 12 Disciples (Oc)

    The Deer Lord And His 12 Disciples (Oc)

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    Leanne Hailes
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    White Stag

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    #21

    The Conversation

    The Conversation

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    The beard guy is so over it.

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    #22

    This Really Ticks All The Boxes, The Guy Holding The Poster, The Other Sticking Out From The Fog In The Back And The Perfectly Exposed Flag

    This Really Ticks All The Boxes, The Guy Holding The Poster, The Other Sticking Out From The Fog In The Back And The Perfectly Exposed Flag

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    zububonsai
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Wasn't it the picture of several men protecting a woman waving the flag from police's water cannon?

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    #23

    London Late Summer

    London Late Summer

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Ooooh

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    #24

    An Unexpected Betrayal

    An Unexpected Betrayal

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    Zaphod
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    The kitty doth protest too much, methinks

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    #25

    Sightseers

    Sightseers

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Pilgrimage?

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    #26

    Took A Picture Of My Whisky And I Looks Just Like An Oil Painting. (Don't Pour Whisky In The Dark, A "Splash" Is A Lot)

    Took A Picture Of My Whisky And I Looks Just Like An Oil Painting. (Don't Pour Whisky In The Dark, A "Splash" Is A Lot)

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    Pyla
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    If you can’t finish it…

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    #27

    Doordash Delivered Photo

    Doordash Delivered Photo

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    Mark
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    This looks more like the opening scene of a mystery imo

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    #28

    My Sleeping Cats

    My Sleeping Cats

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    Community Member
    2 years ago

    awwww I want to hug them so bad! AND THE FURRY TUMMYYYY

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    #29

    Accidentally Got An Otherworldly Scene In The Vatican

    Accidentally Got An Otherworldly Scene In The Vatican

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    pineapple87
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Judging by the way she's posed, I don't think that's an accident. She's probably an influencer and the girl squatting on the right is her photographer.

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    #30

    Two Nuns Discuss A Painting

    Two Nuns Discuss A Painting

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    Community Member
    2 years ago

    "But on the other hand, why are there people falling from the sky?"

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    #31

    Protest In Parliament

    Protest In Parliament

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Guy Fawkes day?

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    #32

    This Chess Match, Played On Top Of A Washing Machine, In The Middle Of A Party

    This Chess Match, Played On Top Of A Washing Machine, In The Middle Of A Party

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    Pyla
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    The party looks like it moved to the washroom. I love when parties are like that

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    #33

    My Partner Trying To Make Our One Year Old Eat Her Dinner

    My Partner Trying To Make Our One Year Old Eat Her Dinner

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    That's the biggest one year old I've ever seen.

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    #34

    The Girl With Army Uniform, North Korea

    The Girl With Army Uniform, North Korea

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    rullyman
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Women

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    #35

    Found This One On R/Natureismental

    Found This One On R/Natureismental

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    Mark
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Poor Notre Dame, it was horrible to hear about the first time

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    #36

    Chasidic Gatherings Make For The Best Paintings

    Chasidic Gatherings Make For The Best Paintings

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    Apatheist Account2
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    This would make a fiendish jigsaw.

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    #37

    A Lull

    A Lull

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    Sandella
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Lucky them, an actual rest on your wedding day!

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    #38

    Finishing A Duel

    Finishing A Duel

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    just a random panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    not super renaissance but great photo : )

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    #39

    Japanese Parliament Brawls Are A Feast

    Japanese Parliament Brawls Are A Feast

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    Whitney Keen
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    But women are emotional *eye roll*

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    #40

    This Is Myself And Two Friends Of Mine. They Recently Broke Up. We Are At A Wedding. This Is The First Time They've Seen Each Other Since The Break-Up. Once Again, I Am Caught In The Middle

    This Is Myself And Two Friends Of Mine. They Recently Broke Up. We Are At A Wedding. This Is The First Time They've Seen Each Other Since The Break-Up. Once Again, I Am Caught In The Middle

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    shawn mckinney
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    Everyone looks miserable. Why did they have to sit in the same row? Where is everyone?

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    #41

    Leader Of Dutch Political Party Vvd Gets Interviewed The Morning After The Elections

    Leader Of Dutch Political Party Vvd Gets Interviewed The Morning After The Elections

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    Kaa
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Last Supper vibes

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    #42

    The Agony And The Tragedy Of The Favorite Nesting Box

    The Agony And The Tragedy Of The Favorite Nesting Box

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    LauraDragonWench
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    To the victor go the spoils.

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    #43

    On The Set Of 'Saw'

    On The Set Of 'Saw'

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I see no saw. False advertising again.

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    #44

    Picture Of (Not) My American Girlfriend Cooking Pancakes And Smoking Pot For Breakfast

    Picture Of (Not) My American Girlfriend Cooking Pancakes And Smoking Pot For Breakfast

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Probably better than eating the pot and smoking the pancakes. What would you do with the maple syrup?

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    #45

    The Trumpetist

    The Trumpetist

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    MyNameIsNotAPortent
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    The crowd doesn’t seem to universally like trumpets

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    #46

    Attempt To Restrain Shinichi Yokoyama

    Attempt To Restrain Shinichi Yokoyama

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    Meilin Kai
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I need more context.

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    #47

    Dublin Riots (2023)

    Dublin Riots (2023)

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    Zophra
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Feels like Jesus is saying "move along... nothing to see here... move along..."

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    #48

    Delays

    Delays

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    e gads
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I want that sign.

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    #49

    Giving Birth In Wartime (Finbarr O'reilly, Nyt)

    Giving Birth In Wartime (Finbarr O'reilly, Nyt)

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I don't know. It looks like the birth has already been given.

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    #50

    I Tried A New Barber And Got Offered A Free Facemask. I Had No Idea What’s Going On

    I Tried A New Barber And Got Offered A Free Facemask. I Had No Idea What’s Going On

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    Leanne Hailes
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Frozen not fresh ❄

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    #51

    Well

    Well

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    Panda Mona
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I like this. Great reference!