apotheosis
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Go the Capitol rotunda and look up at the dome, where Constantino Brumidi’s fresco The Apotheosis of Washington, painted during the Civil War, shows Washington in heaven, flanked by goddesses.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
In St. Petersburg on Wednesday, one activist stood on a busy sidewalk holding up a copy of Russia’s most famous antiwar painting, “The Apotheosis of War” by Vasily Vereshchagin.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2022
So was the Apotheosis of Democracy pediment over the entrance to the House of Representatives on the U.S.
From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2015
Pic - A sketch by Rubens of the Apotheosis of James I The collection also features some of Catherine II's personal items, such as snuffboxes, cameos and jewellery.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2012
Both the Pauline and the Petrine gospel start from the common confession of "Jesus as Lord"; but the Christology of the Synoptic literature is an Apotheosis doctrine, falling back on the historical Jesus.
From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner
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