Recent Examples on the WebThe 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
Word History
Etymology
Italian, from tondo round, short for rotondo, from Latin rotundus — more at rotund