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tondo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɒndoʊ/

Etymology

From Italian tondo, from ritondo, rotondo (“round”), from Latin rotundus. Doublet of round.

Meanings

1. A round picture or other work of art.
   • 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. 1983, Rudolf Arnheim, The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 135:
   • 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 […] 2014, François Lissarrague, The Aesthetics of the Greek Banquet: Images of Wine and Ritual, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 34:

Forms

Relateds

imago clipeata

Translations (5)

it tondo (a round work of art) · cs tondo (a round work of art) · uk то́ндо (a round work of art) · scn tunnu (a round work of art) · ru то́ндо (a round work of art)