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tondo
/ˈtɒndoʊ/
name 2noun 1
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3ADJ.
oval
TONDO + NOUN
cup
PREP.
in, than
Definitions
noun
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.
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
1
A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
2
A historical polity in Luzon north of the Pasig River delta and by Manila Bay
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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
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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 t
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