Sparked by this tweet...

Someone took a candid photo of a fight in Ukranian Parliament that is as well-composed as the best renaissance art pic.twitter.com/BBhw6rdT3l
— James Harvey (@jamesharveytm) August 6, 2014

...the Guardian asked readers to submit other photos that evoke Italian Renaissance paintings. Here are their submissions. I liked these three in particular (with original captions below each):

Ultra-orthodox Jews gather for the traditional Jewish wedding for Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, in the Israeli town of Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv, Israel. Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

Deputies of Ukraine’s parliament fight among smoke grenades thrown during a session in Kiev, 2010. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images

In 2003, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas leave the Royal Courts of Justice in London after suing Hello! magazine for millions of pounds after it published unauthorised photos of their New York wedding, for which they had signed an exclusive… — In 2003, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas leave the Royal Courts of Justice in London after suing Hello! magazine for millions of pounds after it published unauthorised photos of their New York wedding, for which they had signed an exclusive deal with rival magazine OK. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

It's not just the composition of these but the color palette, body posture, and facial expressions that produce the effect. We just need a Photoshop filter to simulate that color palette and we've created a meme, albeit one that's probably too highbrow to really go viral.