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Nude Male Drawing "Fondo Tondo" – Charcoal & Chianti Series By Dimitri Ross

Nude Male Drawing "Fondo Tondo" – Charcoal & Chianti Series By Dimitri Ross

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Drawing Of A Nude Male Figure "Fondo Tondo" – Charcoal & Chianti Series

Original artwork by Dimitri Ross

  • Charcoal on paper stained with Chianti wine, 40x30cm (15.7″x11.8″)
  • Not framed
  • Ready to be shipped immediately from Florence, Italy
  • Shipped in a KMT Style photo frame (weight ca. 560g/1.2lb)
  • The shipment cost is not included in the price of the drawing
This nude male figure drawing "Fondo Tondo" in charcoal continues my Chianti Series. While putting charcoal on paper I was thinking again about the roundness of human forms. There is not a single straight line in the human body. Everything is curved and rounded. Just like the traditional Chianti bottle – the fiasco (Italian for "glass bottle")

First, I even thought I should call this drawing "The Fiasco". But then I realised that it didn't seem right. Because "fiasco" to me – and probably to many of us – sounds like a complete failure, ludicrous and humiliating. 

Honestly, I couldn't find an answer to the question of how and why the Italian "glass bottle" (fiasco) became synonymous with failure. All I know is that the Italians themselves were the first ones to say far fiasco ("to make a bottle") – meaning "to fail in performance". Interesting and strange.

Now, if we talk about Chianti – then what is a traditional Chianti bottle? What is a real fiasco? 

Well, the fiasco is a glass bottle  with a round body and a round bottom, partially covered with a close-fitting straw basket. The "round bottom" in Italian will be "fondo tondo". Here, I found the right name for my drawing! 

Oh, and did you know that if you carefully study the Renaissance paintings by Boticelli or Ghirlandaio – you will find the fiasco bottle in their paintings! 

Today in Italy the fiasco is just a beautiful tradition. it's not commonly used, but if used – then mostly for tourists or as a decoration in restaurants.

I am very fascinated by the round forms of the fiasco bottle. It looks so organic, so natural, so round. Just like the forms of the human body. 

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