Tondo

Quick meaning: Tondo is a noun meaning A round picture or other work of art.

Meaning

A round picture or other work of art.

Example Sentences

As the ellipse becomes longer and flatter, it takes on the qualities of the rectangle. Even more than the tondo, the oval is a playful shape, prescribed by the demands of the setting it bedecks rather than those of the composition it encloses.

In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).” By isolating this detail, the painter implies all the aspects of a […]

Word Forms

• tondos
• tondi

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include picture, tableau, cartoon, pentaptych, piece, painture.

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