(It. name Tiziano Vecellio) 1490?-1576; Venetian painter
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(tĭshˈən)
noun
A brownish orange.
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tiˈtian adjective
(tĭshˈən) Originally Tiziano Vecellio. 1488?-1576.
Italian painter who introduced vigorous colors and the compositional use of backgrounds to the Venetian school. His works include the altarpiece The Assumption of the Virgin (1518).