Raphael, Together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, he forms the traditional trinity of great Ninja Turtles...................

Are those the ones holding up the earth?

It was a quartet. Donatello is the fourth.

He was just an ‘Okay’ Ninja...................😉😎

Not being picky though, LOL! :-)

There is beauty, dignity, serenity in Raphael’s paintings. Superb artist of the Italian Renaissance!
For your enjoyment, an article describing the artistic evolution of Raphael:

https://www.artble.com/artists/raphael/more_information/style_and_technique

Interesting how a quartet of anthropomorphic trans-amphibians who belong to a cult of assassins , named after Renaissance Artists, could become American kids’ 21st Century Role Models, eh? :-)

Almost as plausible as a kitchen sponge with square pants living in the ocean.

I shall enjoy a perusal, Alba. (I, too, am evolving.)

While I thoroughly appreciate Raphael and other Renaissance Giants, my personal tastes in Bible Illustration veer towards Hole and Tissot. There’s something about their finely researched realism that really appeals to me.

Sorry about the Ninja Turtles joking. I couldn’t resist. (Mea Culpa!)

I like them all, but then I’m not a painter......................

Bingo!

And the element of Tissot's work elevating him above all others for me is his thoughtfulness, his imagination. No one else imagined the magi's camels in a line stretching to the horizon, nor Jesus' view from the cross.

I’m not against abstract art, but Tissot’s paintings speak to me in a different way.

Evolve Already!
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Drop the fins and Gills and stand like a Man of God !
A Ninja Turtle is an awful way to Live!
This is the Day the Lord has Created
Let us Rejoice and Be Glad in It!
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Good Morning Dan, and glad ‘near the end of the week’ greetings.

You’ve introduced another winner today. I see that Rafael is greatly loved, twisted sponges and the (thankfully rare) law breaking tortoise notwithstanding.

Thank You Dan.

“Evolve Already!
Drop the fins and Gills and stand like a Man of God”
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Ditto that, but it would be nice to have gills...
sometimes

“No one else imagined the magi’s camels in a line stretching to the horizon”
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I remember you posting this painting Dan- a personal favorite indeed. Stunning, with a great sense of perspective and timelessness.

I loved ‘WATERWORLD’ too!