I suspect there are hundreds, if not thousands, of photos in your phone’s gallery. If you take the time to look through them all, chances are you’ll find one that stands out. It’s hard to say what exactly makes it so special, but the composition, the light, the atmosphere are somehow unique…

This is the moment when we move from mundane everyday life into the realm of art. Welcome to accidental renaissance, Reddit’s favorite corner for sharing photos that look like scenes from classical art. Think asymmetrical compositions, landscapes, the Fibonacci sequence, sfumato and the golden ratio…

Created back in 2014, the subreddit is home to 869,000 “universal characters,” better known as community members who appreciate everything from the Renaissance to the Dutch Golden Age. Below is a new batch posted on the subreddit, so scroll down and enjoy!

No. 1 in Bruges. Fairytale city

Image credits: Irish

#2 Farmer’s dinner

Image credits: Semanteme

#3 Random Caravaggio: My Brother’s Hangover, 2013

Image credits: lgyztv

The Accidental Renaissance community on Reddit started 8 years ago. The subreddit was inspired by an original post published in August 2014 that showed a photograph of a fight in the Ukrainian parliament.

In a previous interview, KristenBellTattoos.com spoke to moderator Openmind_skeptic who happily shared some thoughts on this now iconic corner of Reddit. “Several people in the post showed interest in a subreddit with photos that accidentally resemble renaissance art (although the actual photo is technically more like baroque art in color and lighting, despite the golden ratio spiral superimposed on it), and this subreddit was created.”

#4 Baptism. Mtskheta, Georgia

Image credits: chao_chukao

#5 French summer stairs

Image credits: MorrisWayne

#6 It’s all the ER guy’s fault

Image credits: WhiteChocolate55

Readers with an eye for detail will notice that the community not only shares photographs that resemble or have renaissance elements, but also includes various artistic movements and styles. “As the subwoofer grew in popularity, the definition of ‘Renaissance’ has expanded to include art styles from the 14th to 19th centuries,” Openmind_skeptic told us earlier. Today, the community is sharing photographs that bear resemblance to anything from the Baroque to the Dutch Golden Age.

#7 Horse Man

Image credits: Atretochoanabou

8. Hildegard repairs windows

Image credits: AL Walker

#9 By the window in Versailles

Image credits: my little one

Meanwhile, the most popular stories shared on the subreddit seem to depict scenes with crowds of people. They may “do things like protest, march in support of a cause, or otherwise express themselves; very intense photographs of people, livestock, or interesting architecture depicting chiaroscuro and, in many cases, with sun or light rays highlighting part of the photo, ”Mode explained a while ago.

He added that photos of politicians and world leaders are also very popular among members of the community.