tondo
Noun
Meaning
tondo (plural tondos or tondi)
A round picture or other work of art.
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Brygos (potter signed), tondo of an Attic red-figure cup c. 470 BC, Musée du Louvre When Zeus' wife Hera discovered that Leto was pregnant and that Zeus was the father, she banned Leto from giving birth on "terra firma".
For example, the Kress tondo now in the Columbia Museum of Art was given to Fra Bartolommeo but is now thought to be the work of Albertinelli using the former's cartoon.
In an unusual tondo format, the painting is structured with Brown's characteristic linear energy, and emphasis on apparently grotesque and banal details, such as the cabbages hanging from the ship's side.
It is known as the Doni Tondo and hangs in the Uffizi Gallery in its original magnificent frame, which Michelangelo may have designed.
The country's lowest point is on the Senegal River (23 m) and its highest point is Hombori Tondo (1155 m).
Tallest bonfire The world's tallest bonfire tondo measured 37.5 m (123 ft) high, with a base of 8 m² (86 ft²) and an overall volume of 800 m³ (28,251 ft³).