Titianicadj.
/tɪʃɪˈanɪk/, U.S. /tɪʃiˈænɪk/ Now rare.
Of, relating to, characteristic of, or reminiscent of Titian or his paintings.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > Italian Renaissance or 14-16th century > [adjective] > style of specific artist
Titianic1739
Titianesque1771
Raphaelesque1772
Michelangelesquea1806
Raphaelic1817
Peruginesque1842
Raphaelite1855
Leonardesque1864
Perugian1864
Botticellian1880
Giottesque1880
Titian1886
Holbeinesque1895
Botticellesque1901
Verrocchian1902
Giorgionesque1906
Orcagnesque1910
Caravaggiesque1925
Verrocchiesque1933
1739 tr. A. Palomino de Castro y Velasco Acct. Spanish Painters 92 His many performances..which are to be seen at Madrid, in all which is particularly discover'd a grand Gusto and a Titianic Tint [Sp. tinea aticianada].
1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 27 You cannot fail but work in hues to dim The Titianic Flora.
1898 E. Gosse Short Hist. Mod. Eng. Lit. ix. 316 His great odes..are Titanic and Titianic—their strength is equalled only by the glow and depth of their tone.
1923 Burlington Mag. Nov. 253/2 Our altarpiece No. 297, painted in 1525, reflects this Titianic influence strongly.
1946 B. R. Maier tr. M. Graf Mod. Music v. 88 One of those melodically enhanced love scenes that could be called Titianic, so radiant is the figure of the woman under the velvet drapes of the bed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1739