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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.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Wrong community?

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

I get what you are saying and you are right, but this one is a really good exception because it sounds like rennaisance poetry/drama, nothing to do with visuals.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Goliath is from the dark ages and Xanatos is contemporary. Totally not an accidental renaissance!

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

Grotesque architecture has some roots in the Renaissance period, so thatโ€™s why I thought this post fits here

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque_(architecture)

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Xanatos is the villain Elon wishes he was. Isn't even playing multiple gambits simultaneously. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XanatosGambit

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Do you think God stays in heaven because He too lives in fear of what He's created?

~Romero, Spy Kids 2

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gargoyles was soooo good. I watched it for the first time this year and I'm 38. It was just... insanely good.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

there were a few animated shows from back then that were aimed at children but didn't talk down to them.

x-men was like this also. some things were simplified, but characters were allowed to have complex feelings, motivations and relationships. that speaks to children way more than those tacked-on "and here's today's lesson, kids" sections ever did.

more importantly it stood with them too. I've watched the x-men finale several times since my childhood, and as an adult it still makes me cry. literally every time I watch it, despite knowing what's coming.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

They said โ€œHellโ€ on the Disney Afternoon! You know this show was going to be good.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Some have said that war is Hell. War is not Hell... for in Hell, innocence is spared.

Tap for spoilerโ€” Tai Kaliso, Gears of War Expanded Universe comic books.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Hawkeye:ย War isnโ€™t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.

Father Mulcahy: How do you figure that, Hawkeye?

Hawkeye:ย Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?

Father Mulcahy:ย Um, sinners, I believe.

Hawkeye:ย Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell, but war is chock full of them โ€“ little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.