tondo

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/ˈtɒndoʊ/

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/ˈtɒndoʊ/ · /tonˈdo/

Definition of tondo

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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.”
“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 […]”

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noun

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.”
“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 […]”

name

A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
(historical)A historical polity in Luzon north of the Pasig River delta and by Manila Bay

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

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