Titian
['tiʃən]
Unserious Contents or Definition
The color a poor red-headed girl's hair becomes as soon as her father strikes oil.
Checker: Micawber
Examples
- Titian, Catherine said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Titian, that might or might not be--perhaps he had only touched it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Suddenly, before an effulgent Titian, he found himself saying: But I'm only fifty-seven-- and then he turned away. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- People, I do assure you, who would have opened their eyes in astonishment, if they had seen Charles the Fifth pick up Titian's brush for him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Then he said: Why this is Titian. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Titian-haired, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We have seen Titian's celebrated Cain and Abel, his David and Goliah, his Abraham's Sacrifice. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Titian died at the age of almost one hundred years. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Also pictures by Murillo, Rubens, Teniers, Titian, Vandyck, and others. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In it lie the body of Canova and the heart of Titian, under magnificent monuments. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Why, Titian, Tintoretto, Paul Veronese, Raphael--none other than the world's idols, the old masters. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And behold there are Titians and the works of other artists in proportion. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checked by Amy