The Florentine Tondo

by Roberta Olson

Roberta Olson explores an important phenomenon in Italian Renaissance the fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century flowering of the tondo (or circular) form in painting and sculpture. The tondo represented the Renaissance ideal of the perfect form. This book fills a major gap in Florentine
artistic and cultural history, collating documentary, textual, and artistic material with new evidence.

408 pages, Hardcover

First published April 20, 2000

Reviews

[Tyler Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars. well researched analysis of Florentine tondo painting and its context in domestic settings