Contemporary Drawings
by Michelle Flanagan

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[Drawings]

::Expressive

- Tondos

-- Famous Tondos:

1. Doni Madonna >
2. M/Magnificat
3. M/Pomegranate
4. M/Chair

- Exercises

- Small Works

- James Dean

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::Realistic

[Sculpture]

::'Flamingos!'

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Michelangelo's circular format or tondo painting, 'Doni Madonna', c.1503; Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Michelangelo,
Doni Madonna, c. 1503.
Panel, diameter 47¼ in.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

The Doni Madonna, or Doni Tondo, by Michelangelo was one of the famous paintings that inspired my series of round format, or tondo, self-portrait drawings during the winter of 2003.