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 The Pallas Cats

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#2 People Run To Shelter From A Hail-Storm!

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#3 Orthodox Jews Having Celebrated Purim

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#4 A Lion & Warthog In South Africa. By Alex Choi

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#5 The Tattoo

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#6 Violinist Playing During Her Own Brain Surgery

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#7 Capybara Basks In Sun’s Rays

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#8 Ice Skating At Kinderdijk, Netherlands

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#9 Polar Bears Moving Into An Arctic Weather Station

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#10 The Lifesaver

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#11 The Gunpla Maker

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#12 Chinese Garden

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#13 The Nuns And The Hippies

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#14 Messed Up The Exposure And Caught This

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#15 “Tokyo Compression” By Michael Wolf

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#16 Holy Week In Spain

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#17 Joined This Sub Just To Post My Dad, Enjoy

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#18 Hungary

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#19 Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget

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#20 Adoration Of The Hen

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#21 I Was Told To Post This Mallard Here

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#22 Überlingen At Lake Constance, Shortly After Sunset

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#23 A Short, Tall And Biggest Man Play Cards

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#24 Summertime Sunlight

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#25 My Photo Of The Herndon Climb At The Naval Academy

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#26 Just Found This Sub! Hope My Photo Here Suits It!

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#27 Hawaiian Surfer Ha’a Keaulana Training Underwater

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#28 Arnold In The 1970s

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#29 My Sister Texted Me A Pic Of The Room They Booked

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#30 A Cigarette Break

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#31 My Wife On Our Wedding Day

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#32 Iraq Protester Claims A Gov Chair

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#33 This Picture I Took In 2019

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#34 The Pakistani King Of Almonds

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#35 This Man Painting Shoes In Rome

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#36 Hope This Fits!

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#37 Metal Worker In Marrakech

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#38 Me Restoring A Painting

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#39 Soldiers Celebrating Christmas

Image credits: Recyart

#40 Firefighters Taking A Break Out West

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#41 Busy Night

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#42 Just Like That

Image credits: LiziDarbaidze

#43 Girl In Verona (May 16, 1918)

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#44 Varanasi

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#45 The Equine Dentist

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#46 Mountain Landscape

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#47 Midnight Tranquility

Image credits: NickkSpirit

#48 Carros De Cesto, Madeira

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#49 Berber Pizza Making In Morocco

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#50 Alley Life In Marrakech

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#51 My Great Grandmother Circa 1986

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#52 Convenience Store In Paris At Night

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#53 A Flock Of Chickens Sunbathing

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#54 The Midnight Snack

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#55 Traditional Dance From India (Oc)

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#56 Cooking Dinner On The Stove

Image credits: Lars_El

#57 Head Gardener’s Office

Image credits: NorArthur

#58 Via Pescherie Vecchie In Bologna

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#59 The Building Of The Tower (/R/Osha)

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#60 The Merchant Of Wisdom …

Image credits: Malvernicus

#61 The Basketball Match

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#62 Holy Cave

Image credits: FurthestPractice78

#63 Raft Of The Silly Men

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#64 The Matriarch

Image credits: thetebe

#65 U.S. Navy Recovers Chinese Balloon From Atlantic

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#66 France Today, One Of The Biggest Demonstration

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#67 Lost In The Scroll

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#68 Street Painter In Zanzibar

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#69 Mobile Vegetables Vendor

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#70 Mid Afternoon Supermarket Easter Flower Display

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#71 Smoking Outside – 2023

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#72 The Turkey

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#73 The Fisherman’s Lighthouse [oc]

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#74 The Melodeon Player

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#75 The Healing Of Patricia

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#76 The Wheat Harvest

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#77 Father Checking The Attic (2022)

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#78 In The Palace Of Ishak Pasha

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#79 Markets Of Marrakech

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#80 The Feast

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#81 A Moment Of Rest On The Front Line

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#82 Pyrolatry

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#83 A Game Of Cards

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#84 A Possums Woe

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#85 Early Morning In A Georgian Village

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#86 The Bacchanal

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#87 An Afghan Woman In 1992

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#88 Hope

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#89 The Reflection Of My Fireplace In The Mirror

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#90 First Rays Of The Morning

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#91 Street Flavors In Morocco

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#92 Someone Told Me To Post My Slavic Renaissance Here

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#93 Bouquiniste El Azizi. (Aziz’s Book Store, Morocco)

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#94 A Color Pencil Shop In Iran

Image credits: SamN712

#95 The Smoker

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#96 Greek Allusions

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#97 Dawn Mist

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#98 The Christening Of My Goddaughter

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#99 Waiting To Go On Stage

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#100 Argentinian Festivities

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#101 The Inking

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#102 Charting The Ocean On A Sunny Day

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#103 Comedian Joe Lycett In The New York Times

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#104 Maynard James Keenan Et Adam Jones De Instrumentum

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#105 In The Shadows Of The Palace

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#106 Morning Time At The Office

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#107 Traders Examining Jade, Myanmar

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#108 Patron Saint Ceremony In San Giulio Island-Italy

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#109 A Bunker In Bakhmut

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#110 This Commuter On A Tram In Milan

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#111 Biblical Sheep

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#112 The Quest For The Holy Grail

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#113 Presidential Tram Ride In Prague

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#114 The Farmer

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#115 Manila Prison

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#116 My Grandmothers Sister (Shes 95 Now)

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#117 Pub At Folk Hour

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#118 My Dad Playing Backgammon During A Blackout

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#119 Accidental Renaissance With A Moroccan Touch

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#120 A Market In Seoul

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#121 Uno Gets Serious On Deployments

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#122 The Preparation Of Supper

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#123 Chiaroscuro

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#124 Ring Of Fire

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#125 Zagreb, Croatia, 1989

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#126 Digital Inspiration

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#127 A Friend Lighting His Lamp After A Power Cut

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#128 The Old Master

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#129 The Pouring Of The Wine

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#130 Market

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#131 Sunlight Strikes Man In Cenote

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#132 Cooking In Bariloche

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#133 This Family Sharing Their Iftar Meal

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#134 My Dad’s Dinner When The Electricity Goes Out

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#135 From A Birthday Party I Just Went To

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#136 Caught In A Crossword

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#137 New Year Celebrations

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#138 The Preparation For The Wedding

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#139 Justin Jones Speaking In The Tennessee House

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#140 Photo I Took In Manhattan Four Years Ago

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#141 Celebrations In The Tuscan Countryside, 2014

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