Titian
Americannoun
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Tiziano Vecellio, c1477–1576, Italian painter.
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(lowercase) a reddish-brown or golden-brown color.
hair of titian.
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“What might Titian have seen?” asks Mr. Wallace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Titian was a painter while Michelangelo, though renowned both as a painter and a sculptor, saw himself exclusively as the latter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Few art fairs feature Gerhard Richter rubbing shoulders with Titian.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Blake was convinced that art had been on the skids since the mid-16th century, when worldly Titian and the Venetian painters rose to prominence, so he set about trying to put things right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Though Titian no doubt worked out the essential features of the composition in preliminary drawings, none have survived.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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