Should the best artists of the Renaissance be defined by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
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As a host of new exhibits celebrate the four masters immortalized by the TMNT, viewers should recall the many artists then excluded from guilds and patronage.
The TMNT have defined Renaissance artists Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello are the best of the era. But should they be?
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