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Depictions of animals in medieval drawings were sometimes hilariously awful, as we've seen before. Then came the Renaissance, and European art was suddenly beautiful. We saw richly realistic depictions of life, meticulously staged to tell a story in almost poetic form. Today, we can admire a beautiful scene of everyday life and think how it resembles a Renaissance work of art. And since we take endless pictures of our pets, it only stands to reason that a few will end up that nice. And so, in 2019, the subreddit Pet Renaissance was born, to share those artful images with the world.
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Some are portraits, others are action scenes depicting what might have been important historical events, if they were of humans. Notice how each cat in the photo below expresses its individual reaction to what's happening.
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Some are even identified by the Renaissance artist they remind us of. Bored Panda selected 50 of the top-rated images from Pet Renaissance to share in a ranked list. While the examples here are of cats, there are plenty of dogs and other animals, too. I'm sure you'll enjoy each and every one of them.