An apotheosis is the ascension of a man to god-like status and it is a peculiar image to be painted high above the ruling members of our government. Donald Trump was sworn in beneath the dome due ...

George Washington Gallery Label Brumidi was commissioned to paint the ceiling decoration in the rotunda of the United States Capitol, and presented this study to gain approval to begin the monumental ...

The “ Apotheosis” isn’t the only instance of Washington being given the deity treatment. In 1832, artist Horatio Greenough sculpted a half-naked version of Washington for the Capitol rotunda ...

Clear picture The Apotheosis of Washington in the US Capitol links democracy and science. (Courtesy: Architect of the Capitol) If you stand in the Great Rotunda in the neoclassical US Capitol Building ...