tondo

Definitions

1. A round picture or other work of art.
2. A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
3. A historical polity in Luzon north of the Pasig River delta and by Manila Bay
   historical

Equivalents

Examples

“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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