The Holy Family - Doni Tondo - Michelangelo - Round Canvas Version

by Weston Westmoreland

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The Holy Family - Doni Tondo - Michelangelo - Round Canvas Version

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Weston Westmoreland

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The Holy Family, Doni Tondo or Doni Madonna, by Michelangelo. Round canvas version.

The carved frame in this picture has been cloned outwards so it can be stretched on a round canvas structure and simulate the border of the real picture frame. Designed for a 48" print to be framed on a 42" structure as per customer request .

This is one of the amazing paintings you can find at the Uffizi Gallery, in Florence. The Doni Tondo is the only finished panel painting by the mature Michelangelo that remains. Still in its original frame, the painting is in the form of a tondo, or round frame, which is associated during the Renaissance with domestic ideas.


What can I say about Florence that has not been already said... If you care for beauty at all, you should visit Florence at least once.

To me, it was a place to forget about myself in troubled times and to live outwards for a few days, surrounded by all this overwhelming beauty that embraced and quietly rocked me. Florence took care of me and sent me home, not healed, but with hope of healing.

I spent five days in Florence by myself. I took the time to wander these old streets that transformed and filled the fate of medieval Europe with hope, as it did with me. I sat on stairs, or by the river, spent long time in the Loggia, by the sculpture of the Rape of the Sabine Women, which fascinates me, took the time to read, to reflect, to wait, and to return to the right places at the right time to get the right light.

I believe shot some of my best pictures ever on these days I spent in Florence while my heart bled. To me, this old city has become specially dear, and so have the pictures I shot, so I might not be too objective about them. You can judge for yourselves...

One thing I do know. I will return.


You can learn more about what drives me in my blog:

http://inspiringthoughtsandimages.com/

Weston Westmoreland.

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November 21st, 2017

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