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Chastity (given Name)
Chastity is a feminine given name meaning ''chastity'', referring to the virtue of exercising self-control over one's Human sexuality, sexual behavior, which might mean practicing celibacy for a person who is unmarried, or monogamy for a person who is married. The name comes from the Late Latin word ''castitas''. According to some sources, it was one of many virtue names in use by Puritans in Colonial history of the United States, the Colonial United States. However, other sources state that the name was not actually in use by the Puritans. Other modern spelling variants and name variants in use include Chasidy, Chassidy, Chassiti, Chassity, Chastady, Chastidy, Chastitea, Chastitee, Chastitey, Chastiti, and Chastitie. Some other variations of the name in use in the United States during the 19th century were Chassie, Chasta, Chasteen (name), Chasteen, Chastin, Chastina, Chastine, and Chasty. Some sources note that a girl named Chastity might not resemble the meaning of the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timoteo Viti
Timoteo Viti (Urbino, 1469 – 1523, Urbino), sometimes called Timoteo della Viti or Timoteo da Urbino, was an Italian Renaissance painter, who was closely associated with Raphael, who was fourteen years his junior. Career Born in Urbino, Viti was the grandson of the painter Antonio Alberti; his father was also a painter. According to Vasari and Malvasia, Viti was apprenticed to Francesco Francia in Bologna between 1490 and 1495; aspects of Viti's style would seem to confirm an apprenticeship in Bologna. In 1495 he returned to Urbino and replaced Giovanni Santi, the recently deceased father of Raphael, as painter to the small but brilliant court there. He completed paintings of the ''Muses'' in the Ducal Palace that Santi had left unfinished. The precocious Raphael, who was eleven at his father's death, continued to run his father's workshop with help from his family. It has often been speculated that Viti contributed to Raphael's training. In any case they remained friends, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
