tondo

noun /ˈtɒndoʊ/

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.

Where it comes from

From Italian tondo, from ritondo, rotondo (“round”), from Latin rotundus. Doublet of round.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry tondo (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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