tondo
noun
ton·do
ˈtän-(ˌ)dō 
plural tondi
ˈtän-(ˌ)dē
1
: a circular painting
2
: a sculptured medallion
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Choosing the tondo canvas for He (2024), an acrylic and gold leaf, Holmes is inserting his Black figure into the dead-white-male art historical canon.
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Natasha Gural, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The exhibition includes five rectangular and two tondo (round) paintings.
—Danielle Avram, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020
Created around 1480, the canvas depicts a handsome young man with a small tondo of a saint in his hands.
—Katya Kazakina, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2020
DeLap began slicing up the traditional rectangle — as well as the less common (but equally traditional) circular tondo — into various irregular geometries.
—Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
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Natasha Gural, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The exhibition includes five rectangular and two tondo (round) paintings.
—Danielle Avram, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020
Created around 1480, the canvas depicts a handsome young man with a small tondo of a saint in his hands.
—Katya Kazakina, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2020
DeLap began slicing up the traditional rectangle — as well as the less common (but equally traditional) circular tondo — into various irregular geometries.
—Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
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“Tondo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tondo. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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