Who were the ninja turtles named after?

Answer 1

Famous Renaissance artists and sculptors:

• Michelangelo is most famous for his statue David, as well as painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

• Leonardo da Vinci defines the term polymath; there's no area of art or science that he didn't contribute to, from the Mona Lisa to the invention of the bicycle.

• Donatello was an Italian sculptor who combined tricks of perspective with the technique of bas-relief sculpture to make lifelike figures.

• Raphael was not only an outstanding painter, but an architect as well.

Answer 2

When the original creators (both artists) created Them they could not think of enough authentic sounding Japanese names, so they named them after the renaissance artists they were the most familiar with.

Answer 3

when splinter found the turtles in the sewer, he also found a book on Italian Renaissance art so he named them Leonardo, Donatello,Michelangelo, and Raphael, all famous artists of the renaissance times.

Answer 4

The TMNT's names are derived from Renaissance painters .

Answer 5

They were named after artists because Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird weren't gaem enough to come up with Japanese names for the turtles.

Answer 6

Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello are all famous Renaissance artists (and, in Leonardo da vinci's case, a scientist) and act the the namesakes for the TMNT.

Answer 7

Because when Splinter found them as babies, he always found a book of old Italian Renaissance leaders. If you read the origin, it explains more in depth.

Answer 8

Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird .