No, That Photo Of Drunk People And Paramedics In Manchester Is Not Like A Renaissance Painting

“Artists in those days trained for years in drawing, painting and sculpting, under exacting apprenticeship conditions, and when they did start making art in their own right, it was a deeply skilled and difficult enterprise. Works such as the Last Supper or the Sistine ceiling are among the greatest miracles of human achievement. It’s an insult to the capabilities of human beings at their most refined to casually compare this photograph with these works.”