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

Ingres, too, who in those days was considered the greatest draughtsman since the time of Raphael, had contributed a masterpiece to the decoration of the hall, a plafond, "The Apotheosis of Napoleon I."

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix