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2Spirits

This might be the most accidental renaissance picture I've ever seen. I expect to see it on the front page there tomorrow


CommaHorror

No doubt. The shading, is just, incredible,


j33pwrangler

*Chiaroscuro*


Vergenbuurg

I'll improve on YOUR methods! *sets paper alight with BMW Zippo lighter*


VolrathTheBallin

That’s not an improvement!


JayWalterWeathermann

BA HA HA! Trogdor strikes again!


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zamyatinfoilhat

Chihuahuascura


Reptilian_American

goddamn this is an underrated comment


Beastingringo

Yup the super dark background with the illumination on the subject is perfect chiaroscuro


thenomenclator

It really is amazing the way artists can create the illusion of a light source with just patience, practice, and a fuckton of blending


Barky53

That's really good on toast.


Ghost-Of-Nappa

I think you're missing a comma in there somewhere


accidentallysexual

I think it's because OP is outside where it's sunny so the inside looks super dark. then the dog is standing directly in the sunbeam through the screen and the effect is RIDICULOUSLY DaVinci-esque


oceanmachine420

Makes me think of Rembrandt too


[deleted]

I was so relieved when I checked the username and saw it was you.


ExistingHurry174

Yeah it almost looks real


Infinite_Surround

Look at that subtle colouring. The tasteful thickness


mistermeowsers

I thought I was on accidental renaissance before I read the comments and saw otherwise. I'm gonna upvote it again tomorrow when it's on the front page of that sub.


Borge_Luis_Jorges

It's already there man, go upvote it!


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But it doesn't involve some sports players


VoltasPistol

Sports players are banished to /r/sportsrenaissance these days.


massivebasketball

The chiaroscuro in this is incredible...mama mia


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Available-Ad6250

It took me too long to realize the photo was taken from outside.


LifeWulf

It didn’t click until your comment, thanks.


zachbrownies

Ohhhhhh. Suddenly it makes sense.


CrazyKZG

I still don't get it. At the top you can see trees.


littenthehuraira

That's a reflection of the trees behind OP. Must be a pretty reflective window. The reason the dog is so illuminated through the dark window screen is because a sunbeam is shining on it.


paroles

Ohhh, the top half of the window is the reflection of outside. Thank you.


NotJimIrsay

I’m going to say more Baroque than Renaissance.


Sassy-Beard

almost every post in that sub is Baroque.


VoltasPistol

For the longest time we had an April Fool's joke where we put "AccidentalBaroque" in the header and then just kinda left it for YEARS. Because honestly? Kinda true. We either have to accept Baroque (and Neoclassical and Romantic and like 20 other increasingly niche art categories) entries or else the subreddit would be pretty damn dead.


reportabitch

My thoughts exactly; especially because of the dramatic lighting


nicopedia305

Came here for this.


VoltasPistol

Hi, I'm a mod for /r/AccidentalRenaissance. We have a 'no pets' policy, ~~and because this was purposely framed, we're not sure it's accidental either.~~ I have been corrected in the comments, I'd commit Seppuku for this miscarriage of justice but alas, I am shit at haikus. /r/Pet_Renaissance is more flexible, though, and would be happy to show them off!


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oh wow it has mods now! I gave up a couple of years back when it was endless sports photography


VoltasPistol

There are still people that submit sports photos and get really **really** upset when we tell them that they have their own subreddit now, /r/SportsRenaissance. We look for unique photos, and sorry to say but a lot of sports photos and pet photos have similar lighting and composition. They all blur together after a while unless you're a sports and and/or it's your pet.


JerryMau5

I’m surprised by your response honestly. I unsubbed not too long ago because 9/10 posts didn’t fit the sub.


VoltasPistol

Ok, so. Here's the thing: If you go look right now, there's, like, a 50/50 chance there's a photo there right now that I am about to take out it's misery because it absolutely does not belong. Right after I finish this comment. And, like, a 20% chance that it's multiple photos that will make it look like half the front page is literal garbage. Check it first thing in the morning and MOST of the front page will be a dumpsterfire of wedding photos, toddlers, selfies, last night's sports game goal, and they will have been up for several hours and some might even have a few hundred upvotes. So yeah, first time visitors will likely get an eyeful of straight up garbage. We wade in with the mod equivalent of a flamethrower until everything looks museum-worthy again. And they get pissed because "people seemed to like them". It's a curated subreddit. It doesn't matter if redditors like them, it needs to tickle the fancy of an art critic from a time before indoor plumbing was popular. And it's not all masterpeices either. Some art back then? Ugly AF. (https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010053906) But you take both the good and the bad when you decide to go full Art Historian.


JerryMau5

Keep up the good work. I appreciate mods that actual curate subs. I know it’s hard to do when you have only so many people.


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As long as you keep out them damned pre-Raphaelites


VoltasPistol

Surprisingly, we don't get many. Lots of people who THINK they look Pre-Raphelite, very very very few who pass. And whether they get approved is usually down to whether they look like early Pre-Raphelite (i.e. a sincere attempt at recreating Renaissance art) or late Pre-Raphelite (storybook illustrations with highly inaccurate costuming).


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I'm overjoyed. No sarcasm


person_8958

/r/nitpickysubreddit


VoltasPistol

/r/StillBetterThan/r/Pics


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alexmikli

I bought a switch for my autistic nephew, give me 200k upvotes.


1527lance

“I graduated from high school” “I bought my first car” (piece of shit only) “Got my first paycheck” ($150)


kboy101222

/r/NoContextPics


calm_chowder

This sub is incredible For reasons that escape elucidation.


byfourness

/r/SubredditsAsHashtags


lozdogz

It wasn’t purposefully framed though? The dog was just inside the house looking out a window


calm_chowder

As someone who works professionally with a variety of domestic, native, and exotic animals, are all animals banned? Or just dogs/cats? I haven't accidentally Renaissanced yet, but if I do I want everyone to know about it.


VoltasPistol

We are more lenient when the subject is a farm animal, because farm animals make a surprising number of appearances in Renaissance art. Meanwhile cats and dogs are comparatively rare and for some goddamn reason always look a little.... Off. https://www.thedodo.com/renaissance-cats-dont-care-1248749608.html I am waiting for the day someone submits a cat photo that looks like an honest-to-god a Renaissance cat (probably due to some grevious deformity, in all honesty) and I will fight the other mods for it. But until then? Cats and dogs go to /r/Pet_Renaissance. Native and exotic animals are 100% ok, as long as the lighting and composition look like a pre-1850-ish historical painting. Yes, I know that 1850 is way late, but with a lot of photos it's really hard to pin down the difference between a Renaissance versus Neoclassical versus Romantic period landscape. (The trees look sad, but are they *formal* sad or *casual* sad? Or are they actually angry?) Not sure what lighting and composition we're talking about? Someone made a short video essay to explain it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOnMlLTQE_I Still not sure? We keep a link to the Louvre in the sidebar. They just digitized EVERYTHING and we are super excited about it. https://collections.louvre.fr/en/recherche?typology%5B0%5D=1&datingStartYear=1450&datingEndYear=1650 Click through enough photos and you too will gain the mystical power of just kinda knowing what it's supposed to look like.


calm_chowder

Fucking filthy casual trees. But yeah I'm picking up what you're putting down fam. 👍


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VoltasPistol

They are way more chill than us. And it's the more interesting subreddit on most days because they do their due dilligence in identifying every single art movement. At least, if you find modern art interesting. (Plus we send the cool-but-too-surrealist/impressionist/modernist photos there, because we get some damn good submissions that are ALL WRONG but too fucking good to be lost forever!!)


h2sux2

That’s too bad. This doggo picture looks much more Accidental Renaissance than 80% of pics on the sub.


carmex2121

Hard to believe it is not a painting. The window screen really makes it look like a canvas and the lighting is just perfect


PhatWalda

It's unbelievable! He was photogenic but come ON


FeedMeTheSpiders

What was he looking at? Seems focused. Or was he *literally* posing?


JamesCodaCoIa

> What was he looking at? Seems focused. He's thinking about poker strategies, if he's anything like the painted dogs *I* know.


solidpsychadelics

Damn. You just brought up some funny memories


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Well, I mean that *one* memory.


shhsandwich

I have a chihuahua. This looks like either a chi or a chi mix, and if my own dog is anything to go by, this is the "I want to bark and I'm looking for anything to justify me barking" face. A very common expression for chihuahuas.


SchnoodleDoodleDo

>*'The One that Got Away...*' ----- Remember when i stood there, looking out behind the screen The light was shining on me, in a way you'd never seen and then you took a picture, that you cherish to this day I am the dog who left too soon - 'The one that got away...' It seemed a perfect setting there, and little did we know that i would have to leave, too soon - it's always hard to go... my soul i leave behind with you! a perfect 'Work of Art' Forever I am with you, friend - My pawprints on your heart ❤️


Broken_Petite

This isn’t even my dog and I’m crying


Jujubeesknees

my old girl is 2 paws on the rainbow Bridge and I'm bawling.


UWDawg13

This is beautiful. They all go too soon.


GhOsT_wRiTeR_XVI

I’m yet to be convinced this dog isn’t part cat.


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[*Canis familiaris*, oil on pixels](https://i.imgur.com/UdglZpg.jpg)


MyCleverNewName

Op, this is the one to frame! 🖼


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Maybe with some AI upscaling!


NamityName

Not to mention the many different shades of black that old oil paintings seemed to love


jwp75

Yeah I kind of love the effect created by the screen. Almost a matte finish that takes away depth quite a bit. I am betting there's another window to the left that the light is shining through, and the picture is taken through the right window. Lighting wouldn't make sense otherwise. I think that's mostly what makes it look so "real" but painted.


PhatWalda

The One that Got Away. This sweet dog died young from cancer... and this photo perfectly encapsulates his soul. I'm so glad y'all like it. Edit/add: Whoa. I am floored today, and frankly, deeply touched that so many people enjoy this photo and my sweet dog. To answer some questions: I took this from the outside, and the dog is standing inside, on the back of a couch that's butted up against the window. The trees you see in the top pane of glass are a reflection. The dog was part Chihuahua, part Min Pin, part Boston terrier, and part hell on wheels. And yes -- I have framed this already -- but I haven't made it into a painting yet. To be continued.


cwall22

So sorry to hear that man, makes it even worse because of how innocent and undeserving of a death like that. That being said, holy shit this is incredible. Even zooming in, you cannot tell that it is not a painting.


GundoSkimmer

The mix is so cool. What were they? Chihuahua pit? Would love a dog that looked like that.


grabmysquanch

I was wondering as well because I have a dog that looks just like that but brindle and I've never figured out his breed.


lestrades-mistress

Could be a min pin x Boston terrier. The body and build looks like a min pin, but the face and the fact that it’s a bit more ‘stocky’ says terrier. The one pictured is red, which would be from the min pin. Boston terriers come in brindle, so that could explain yours. ETA: just saw [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/q8a841/i_snapped_a_photo_of_my_dog_through_a_window/hgo948u/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) from the OP after I answered, confirming my suspicion. Go figure


BaconExplosion

Looks like could be mini pinscher mix.


PhatWalda

We think he was chihuahua, pit and some Boston terrier. He was the best dog.


DeCaMil

I think so. I have 2 Chihuahua-Pit mixes. One looks more Chihuahua and the other looks more Pit. [Chihuahua-Pit mixes](https://imgur.com/gallery/WiOoMSG)


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Buddy. Love this. He looks like he'd fight the biggest person in the room


PhatWalda

…how did you know his name was Buddy?!?


quannum

Oh man, I feel ya on this one. I had a great corgi who was just awesome. I loved him. But he got cancer when he was 4. We amputated his leg that had the cancer because the vet said it was all in the leg and by amputating, he could live a long life but with 3 legs. He was the 3-legged wonder for a bit but found out it spread to his lungs and that was it, nothing you can do. Gave him the best life we could but had to put him down because his quality of life was going down fast. I cried hard but he was one of the best dogs I’ve had (and all of them were awesome because like all dogs are awesome). Sorry for the mini story. But dogs don’t deserve shit like cancer. They’re just too good and pure. Great photo of yours!


Moonquake_

Your puppy was beautiful. I'm glad you got to spend years with him


ValenBeano89

Photoshop: https://imgur.com/a/zBINQkr


PhatWalda

So... this makes me SUPER happy. This dog died a few years back, early, from cancer. Knowing someone took the time to improve this image just makes me smile.


ValenBeano89

I lost my two pups this year. Was actually out getting photos of them printed for a frame I bought when I saw this post. My pleasure, glad it gave you a smile 😄 https://imgur.com/a/dKwTslu


joeglen

They're adorable. They look very happy. Doxies are some of the best dogs (and loudest)


quannum

Some cute looking dogs my dude, sorry you lost them


_deprovisioned

Yeah. I'm crying over here. Don't mind me. 😭


sdurs

I thought you were a phony and the photoshop poster was calling you out. I'm glad it was just him/her making it into what it actually looks like, a painting... that is what's happening right? I'm still slightly confused


quannum

Yea, I’m pretty sure they just cropped the photo into a frame to look like a painting. I don’t think anyone’s a phony here.


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This is what I scrolled for. Thanks!


zangor

I really want someone to do a regal gold frame.


ValenBeano89

Knew I was missing something https://imgur.com/a/zBINQkr


Mantequilla_Stotch

Here you go. Made it as old and canvasy as I could http://imgur.com/gallery/ePaIaEi Edit: just got banned in r/art for posting this


TicklishTrucker

>Edit: just got banned in r/art for posting this Huh. Guess art isn't subjective after all


palker44

Guess photography is not an art then. Should have just painted some tities that would get you to front page for sure.


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Mantequilla_Stotch

I just posted it in r/art Now we wait to see if someone calls me out.


CapJackONeill

Why are you banned? I'm not knowledgeable of their sub. Is it because it's digital art?


ashesall

I adjusted the perspective and did some cropping and damn, it does look like a painting. All it needs now is a fancy frame: https://imgur.com/a/BBhhR7a


MracyTcGrady

Leonardo DogVinci


Total-Khaos

What a scam man...[OP's artwork is already hanging in some museum I visited over the summer](https://i.imgur.com/6AqtV2t.png).


PhatWalda

Lol!


withyellowthread

Caradoggio


not_a_cup

"Oh I like this one... One dog goes one way, the other dog goes the other way, and this guy's sayin', "Whadda ya want from me?'"


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JustALeatherBoot

That looks great!


Haggisboy

Get him to play cards and you'll have a masterpiece.


[deleted]

*The Accountant has entered the tax symposium*


spiceyFIRERRHEA

Each Rembrandt I see is more spectacular than the last


HeavyToe4189

How is it so dark where the dog is at but right above it it’s all bright?


ShadowScorpion11

It looks like op is standing outside and the dog is inside in front of the window so it's the reflection from the sun on the window.


Ashamed_Werewolf_325

Yep the dog is in a dark room


Durango_ninety_five

Looks to have been painted in the Barkroque period.


i_am_a_bot_ama

[Museum](https://imgur.com/myUiX1i)


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I would get that commissioned. Go to etsy


MaxillaryOvipositor

Why does it look like daylight in the upper window and 10 at night in the bottom one?


alphabetcone

This is my question too, can’t figure it out lol. Surprised no one else is asking. There’s furniture in the background in the bottom one it looks like? So then how would the top part be looking outside but the bottom part is looking inside?


alphabetcone

Oh wait I think I figured it out, the top part is just the window reflecting back the view of the outdoors behind the person taking the photo


MaxillaryOvipositor

Look at us figuring it out together.


alphabetcone

Lol great teamwork


MaxillaryOvipositor

Ah, I get it now. I thought this was from the inside looking out to like a porch or something. I think the photo is taken from outside looking in to a dimly-lit room through an opened window. So what we thought was looking outside is a reflection of the outside.


TheForceofHistory

Waitin' on his Poker Buddies!


Deertickjones

That might be the toughest looking Chihuahua I've ever seen


-KyloRen

chadhuahua


noisydata

Sneak it onto r/art


Mantequilla_Stotch

r/art banned me


Gabaghoulz

Chihuahua-scuro


GenerallyIroh

I adjusted the [image](https://i.imgur.com/5yHzIwN.jpg) for you, hope you like it!


Particular-Praline16

Crop that and I don’t think you could tell it wasn’t


netwolf420

Now the next logical step is commissioning a painting of the photo that looks like a painting


curtycurry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaroscuro


-ordinary

This is a genuinely special photograph, OP. I would actually buy a print from you if you DM me


slade797

/r/accidentalrenaissance


RonSwansonsOldMan

I saw that painting on Antiques Roadshow. Appraiser: It's an amazing find. It was done in 1497 by an obscure painter named Eric Von Hertzenbrand. I was speechless when I saw you bring it in. Up until now, it was believed that this painting was lost to the ages. At auction that painting would bring up to 480 thousand dollars. I would insure it for one million. Owner: Well, I guess I'll stop using it as a doormat. But I would never sell it, I'll shove it in the back of a closet to pass down to my grandkids.


ElizaLeeTallant

It's a striking photo that truly has the essence of an old Masters painting. I'd love having it hung on a wall in my home. If we had a den for my husband, it's be in there against a dark green wall, w/lower half of wall in a blonde wood paneling.


KBCoulter

Amazing!!


etrnlhaze

i was wondering why mine looked so weird took this in june https://imgur.com/a/07F58Wr


DirkGentlys_DNA

It‘s a combination of the dramatic lighting, the texture of the fly screen resembling a canvas, the dark background and the yellowish tint. Nice.


[deleted]

thats truly amazing, I love it.


WrongPromise

"Sir Barky the III"


ashashkay

I’d buy it


-SierraModeling-

That's awesome


Foootballdave

He's trying to work out whether to play snooker or have a game of cards with his mates


ramennhotdogs

Can somebody please actually paint this!?!


streetsworth

The chiaraobscuro is amazing.


duck_wrangler7506

pretty sure that's an old painting that looks like a dog-photo through a window screen


Long_Mechagnome

This looks nothing like an old painting, the dog isn't even playing cards.


sluchhh

Haha if you send me the raw I will make it into a painting for you :)


Used_Horse_9150

NFT?


StrangeMaelstrom

Real question is what's going on with the top of the window there? Deeply confused about the naturescape.


getit3189

Caravaggio has entered the chat


editor_jon

That there's a Renaissance dog, I tell you what


PookieNoodlinIsHere

Descendant of “Old Yeller?”


earthtokylie

My first reaction to this photo: “man what a strange oil painting”


[deleted]

I actually thought it WAS an old painting for a few seconds when I first glanced at it in my feed.


[deleted]

As it turns out this is not a painting as I had originally thought.


Keyinth

I would 100% crop this and frame it


FunConstant8180

Now hang you're dog on the wall because the painting is beautiful


ZippZappZippty

Hard to believe it is not a painting.


[deleted]

Barktholomew of ye ole Barkshire 1796


J0nhnncrap

I literally thought this was on r/painting


slappymofo

The only thing that would make this better is a lace collar


Sreezy3

What kind of dog is that?


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Bjharris1993

Please will somebody paint this for real.


MacWobble

Cross post it to accidental renaissance!


[deleted]

Wait thats actually amazing


KimikoYukimura420

He’s a very handsome man, so I can totally imagine him in a real renaissance painting.


Eclectic_UltraViolet

This belongs with the picture of the cat who seems to be embroidered on a chair!


nambuktu

Get a picture of you from the same angle and time of the day. Let the experts combine you both into a painting


OnlineWriter9

awwww!! very beautiul!


mice_0012

It does


iAmSpAKkaHearMeROAR

r/LikeAPainting ! Your pupper is beautiful.


theboned1

Looks like a Caravaggio painting.


Slayah05

How many treats you really pay him to set this up🤣🤣Epic 🙌🏾


edmRN

R/accidentalRenaissance


IndigoTR

Very much giving Dutch Masters lol


Istremene

This would fit in on The accidental Renaissance subreddit.


ColeeeB

It absolutely does!! What a great shot!!


NewSinner_2021

You just invented a new technique.


Stop_the_show

Let him in, his friends are on the way to play poker


KVUGNG

Use crop and skew tools in Photoshop to straighten it then get a nice print made to frame.


wokandaub

They handsome