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.
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#1 Chaplain Ivan Of The Orthodox Church Of Ukraine Reads A Prayer For Ukranian Servicemen
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#2 Surveying The Feast
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#3 Ballet Dancers Photographed After A Performance
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#4 His Fur In This Lighting Looks Like An Oil Painting
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#5 Parents Hugging Their Daughter After Her Face Transplant
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#6 Raising Caterpillars. A Lot Of People Told Me That This Picture Looks Like A Painting
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#7 My Granduncle Having Dinner In A Dark Room
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#8 Isle Of Skye Stein Inn
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#9 I Was Told My Image Would Go Well Here. Thoughts?
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#10 A Flemish Masterpiece
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#11 Otter Renaissance
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#12 Florence And The Crowd
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#13 Someone Told Me This Dramatic Floor Belonged Here
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#14 A Baseball Game In Bhutan
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#15 Bug Inside Lamp (2023)
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#16 A Drummer From A Concert That I Shot Today
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#17 Snow Day
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#18 Old Man And His Dog
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#19 Adoration At The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston
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#20 The Deer Lord And His 12 Disciples (Oc)
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#21 London Late Summer
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#22 An Unexpected Betrayal
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#23 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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#24 Doordash Delivered Photo
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#25 My Sleeping Cats
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#26 Accidentally Got An Otherworldly Scene In The Vatican
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#27 Two Nuns Discuss A Painting
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#28 This Chess Match, Played On Top Of A Washing Machine, In The Middle Of A Party
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#29 My Partner Trying To Make Our One Year Old Eat Her Dinner
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#30 The Girl With Army Uniform, North Korea
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#31 Chasidic Gatherings Make For The Best Paintings
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#32 A Lull
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#33 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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#34 Leader Of Dutch Political Party Vvd Gets Interviewed The Morning After The Elections
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#35 The Agony And The Tragedy Of The Favorite Nesting Box
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#36 The Trumpetist
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#37 Delays
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#38 Giving Birth In Wartime (Finbarr O'reilly, Nyt)
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#39 Well
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