Tithing
an ancient subdivision of England, forming part of 100, and consisting of 10 householders and their families held together in a society, all being bound for the peaceable behavior of each TITHING other, the chief of whom was the tithing man.
TITHONUS (-thō'nus), in Greek mythology, a son, or nephew, of Laomedon, King of Troy. He was beloved by Eos ( Aurora, Morning), who importuned Zeus to make him immortal. Her prayer was granted, but she had neglected to ask for continual youth, and in time her lover took on all the signs of extreme age. Tithonus's prayer to the gods to be relieved of the burden of old age was answered by his being metamorphosed into a grasshopper.
TITIAN (tish'un), or TIZIANO, VECELLIO, (tēt-se-ä'nō va-chel'lē-o), one of the most distinguished of the great Italian painters, and head of the Venetian school; born in Pieve de Cadore, in the Carnic Alps, in 1477. He studied under Giovanni Bellini of Venice, and in 1507 was associated with the painter Giorgione in executing certain frescoes.
In 1511 he was invited to Padua, where he executed three remarkable frescoes still to be seen. In 1512 he completed the unfinished pictures of Giovanni Bellini in the Sala del Gran Consiglio at Venice, and the senate were so pleased that they gave him an important office. To this period are attributed his pictures of the "Tribute Money" and "Sacred and Profane Love." In 1514 he painted a portrait of Ariosto at Ferrara, and after his return to Venice he painted an "Assumption of the Virgin" (1516), considered one of the finest pictures in tures in the world; it is now in the of the Fine Arts in Venice.
About 1528 he produced his magnificent picture, "The Death of St. Peter the Martyr"-"a picture," says Algarotti, "in which the great masters admitted they could not find a fault," unfortunately destroyed by fire in 1867. In 1530 the Emperor Charles V. invited him to Bologna to paint his portrait and execute various other commissions.
In 1532 he again painted the emperor's portrait, and he is said to have accompanied Charles to Madrid, where he received several honors. He remained, it is said, three years in Spain, in which country many of his masterpieces, such as "The Sleeping Venus," "Christ in the Garden," "St. Margaret and the Dragon," are still to be found. In 1537 he painted an "Annunciation," and in 1541 he produced "The Descent of the Holy Ghost on the Apostles," "The Sacof Abraham," and "David and Goliath. " In 1543 he painted his picture of "The Virgin and San Tiziano"; and in 1545 he visited Rome, where he painted the famous group of Pope Paul III., TITICACA other, the chief of whom was the tithing the Cardinal Farnese, and Duke Ottavio Farnese. He was patronized as warmly by Philip II. as by his father Charles V. ronized Of Titian's private life but little is known. Titian excelled as much in land- .
Titian excelled as much in landscape as in figure painting, was equally great great in sacred and profane subjects, in ideal heads and in portraits , in frescoes 12% VECELLIO TITIAN and in oils; and though others may have him in single points, none equalled him in general mastery. As a colorist he is almost unrivalled, and his pictures often reach the perfection of sensuous beauty. He died of the plague in 1576 aged 99, having painted to the last with almost undiminished powers. slightly saline, in the heart of the An-