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Accidental Renaissance

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AccidentalRenaissance is for photos that look like Renaissance paintings.

This means that they look like Renaissance art in their composition, their coloring, their saturation, the angle of the scene, the types of settings, etc.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Must be a photo. Not a meme, drawing, art, ai-generated or ai-enhanced image, screenshot, low-effort post, meta posts, video, or anything else but a photo.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Must be SFW. No gore, porn, extreme violence, blood, corpses, or similarly disturbing content. Absolutely no pornography, even if it's "tasteful".

๐Ÿ‘‰ Comments must be civil. No slurs of any kind or using words to insult, demean, harass, or abuse other individuals or groups.

๐Ÿ‘‰ The Renaissance part (not the photo itself) must be accidental to the photograph. In other words, no photos of Renaissance fairs, people dressed in medieval/Renaissance clothes, etc.

๐Ÿ‘‰ NO influencer selfies, professional photoshoots with watermarks, any type of OnlyFans-like content. We are not the place to work your side-hustle.

๐Ÿ“ธ If you know who the photographer is, give them credit in the comment section. This is the only type of self-promotion we allow.

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿฆฏ Alt-Text for vision-impaired users in the post body or in the comments is highly encouraged. Just pretend you are describing a photo to someone on the phone.

๐Ÿค˜ Created by the former mod team of r/AccidentalRenaissance

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Image Transcription:

[ A large table laid with rustic-looking breads and an ornate tea set is interrupted by the unexpected presence of a curious cat. The table covered with an undyed rough canvas-like table cloth and upon it lays broken pieces of fine white bread torn from unusually-shaped loaves in the background: Wide, flat, and disk-like but absolutely massive, as wide as seat cushions. They have decorative stamped impressions on them of saucer-sized spirals, making them look quite fancy. Some bread chunks are on a plate that matches the fancy tea set, other chunks rest directly on the cream-colored tablecloth in the foreground. There are two teacups, partially filled with tea, with their matching teapot slightly farther away from us. It is white porcelain with large gold flourishes painted on it with smaller black details-- An oddly expensive looking detail when compared to the rustic look of the room with uneven mud-colored stucco walls that are bare save for a window where blindingly bright morning light pours in, with rustic-looking clutter on the windowsill and the faint outline of a door on the opposite side. Surveying the scene is a white cat with black spots, itโ€™s front paws cheekily resting on the tablecloth so we can only see itโ€™s head, chest and paws peeking up from itโ€™s hiding place. Itโ€™s expression seems unimpressed by the grand spread of food, but one paw is stretched slightly forward and tensed, and itโ€™s eyes are fixated on the bread loaves, leaving the distinct impression that the cat does not intend to remain a passive observer much longer. ]

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I enjoyed your transcript just as much as the photo, thank you!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, the transcription is amazing! (The photo too, but the transcription is just perfect. I'd really like to know how the story of the cat a the soon-to-be-victim bread continues.)

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

love the lighting here, and also your name!

[โ€“] AFKBRBChocolate 3 points 1 year ago

That's a great one, and now I want some warm, rustic bread.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I can almost smell the fresh bread through the picture. That cat is showing some mighty restraintโ€ฆ

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

that just reminded me of my grandma's house in Afghanistan, she had a cat too