This has been a long time coming...
Please don't think I'm a total nerd, okay?
I have a Ninja Turtle T-shirt. It looks like this:
Yes, I bought it in the boy's section of the store, and yes, I wear it frequently.
It's awesome, okay?
* Abi shoots a threatening look your way.*
*You nod, timidly.* Thanks.
Well, last semester, I wore this shirt during finals week. For good luck. ;) And I just happened to be studying for Humanities 201. Which means I was studying these guys:
I apologize for the headbands. I was afraid you wouldn't recognize them! ;)
Also, don't ask me why there's a rat on Raphael's head.
Well, as I was studying for said test, one question kept coming up in my mind:
Why did Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird (or Mirage Studios or whoever decided...) decide to name each ninja turtle after the artist they did???
Okay, I understand. Some guy finds them and names them after his favorite Renaissance artists... Whatevs.
STILL, it doesn't make sense...
- The touchy, moody artist was Leonardo da Vinci, not Raphael.
- The artists were born in this order: Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Their turtle-y counterparts were in this order: Leo, Raph, Don, and Mikey.
- Raphael Sanzio da Urbino was known for serene paintings of fair and beautiful subjects. Leonardo da Vinci was very conflicted and painted darker, more complex works. ...how's that for a complete reversal?
- Of the artists, Leonardo studied (and was genius in) the most diverse areas of study, invention, and art. Of the turtles, Donatello is the studier/inventor/genius-man.
Needless to say, I didn't get a whole lot of real studying done. :)
If you have any thoughts or other confusions, I'd love to hear them.
Also, Leonardo rules. :]
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