Definition of Titian

1. Noun. Old master of the Venetian school (1490-1576).

Exact synonyms: Tiziano Vecellio
Generic synonyms: Old Master

Definition of Titian

1. Proper noun. A sixteenth century Italian painter, Tiziano Vecelli. ¹

2. Noun. A bright auburn colour, tinted with gold. ¹

3. Adjective. Of a bright auburn colour, tinted with gold. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Titian

1. a reddish brown color [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Titian

Tishri
Tisiphone
Tissierella praeacuta
Tissot spirometer
Tit.
Titan
Titaness
Titanesses
Titania
Titanian
Titanic
Titanosauridae
Titanosaurus
Titans
Titchfield
Titian (current term)
Titianesque
Titicaca
Titicaca frog
Titivillus
Tito
Titograd
Titoism
Titus
Titus Flavius Domitianus
Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus
Titus Flavius Vespasianus
Titus Livius
Titus Lucretius Carus

Literary usage of Titian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Notwithstanding the many statements that Titian visited Spain, ... Titian was, according to most authorities. 99 when he died of the plague, then raging in ..."

2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"By Titian, Madrid Museum ; canvas, H. 2 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft 1 in. Almost in profile to the left ... A masterly portrait, but treatment unlike that of Titian. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Notwithstanding the many statements that Titian visited ... Vasari gives his birth as 1480, but Titian, writing to Philip II in 1571, said he was 95. ..."

4. A.L.A. Portrait Index: Index to Portraits Contained in Printed Books and by American Library Association (1906)
"Titian p. Rubens del.* MON- OEZ,Gal. de Florence et du palais Pitti (1804)4 ... Titian p. W. Maddock se. SHEDD, Famous painters and paintings (1876) 80. ..."

5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"ON Titian AND VENETIAN PAINTING. But it is only by a discrimination of those ultimate qualities with which the greater names in art should be seen to be ..."

6. Lives of Seventy of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari (1897)
"Crowe and Cavalcaselle, in their edition of 1881 of the Life and Times of Titian, have shown such erudition and tireless patience that the notes in the ..."

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