so 3 of the 4 ninja turtle artists were all connected in this drama in some way, michelangelo, leonardo da vinci, and raphael
the asshat who sent the pope to him for the ceiling job? fucking bramante, the artist of st. peterâs basilica. his apprentice was raphael, and bramante thought that michelangelo would fail the painting and then raphael could sweep in and save the day because guess what? raphael was talented as FUCK and if he was able to do a better job than THE michelangelo? he would have a path straight to being Rich and Famous and michelangelo wouldâve been humiliated and never taken seriously again
all of the ninja turtles were gay as fuck, and this is relevant bc raphael was painting the popeâs meeting room/study at the same time as michelangelo was painting the ceiling of the chapel, and one day lil raphael thought âhey iâll go see whatâs going on with mikey and see how bad heâs doingâ but SIKE BITCH, michelangelo was doing a fucking FANTASTIC job so raphael went back to the study that he was painting and added michelangeloâs face in it despite the painting being of the philosophers of old. raphael was a petty gay bitch but he knew talent when he saw it and michelangelo had talent and gained raphaelâs respect
michelangelo was also a petty gay bitch and he painted tons of people naked which was Bad and Inappropriate but he refused to cover them up so the pope then got a bunch of other dudes to paint robes and towels and shit covering up the genitals which is why there are so many people with half-assed cloth over their crotches (see: the dude holding the skin of st. Bartholomew)
the painting raphael did? itâs not anything little, itâs this fucking masterpiece we all know and love
it was no small thing that raphael did, and he is clearly a fucking amazing artist
bramante, the original dude, hated michelangelo because michelangelo knew leonardo da vinci and they both called each other out all the fucking time and bramante was a friend of leonardoâs and didnât like this so yeah heâs also a petty gay bitch
michelangelo never knew this was all a setup for him to fail, but he didnât fail so good for him
random: michelangelo spent so long painting the ceiling in such an awkward position with his head bent back and to the side to look up that he was permanently disabled in a hunched position. the sistine chapel job did a bad number on his neck and back
so yeah, 1500s drama is fucking hilarious, hereâs a small article on this but ignore the last paragraph about raphael going back to his own work and âscraping it off the wallâ, the work theyâre referring to is the one shown above and all he did to it was add in michelangelo because heâs a gay bitch in love he respected the hell out of michelangelo and admitted that he was doing a fucking awesome job with the sistine chapel
hope you enjoyed this bunch of random knowledge that i do not know how i came across knowing but i do