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Apotheosis (from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from ἀποθεόω / ἀποθεῶ (apotheóō/apotheô) 'to deify'), also called divinization or deification (from Latin deificatio 'making divine'), is the glorification of a subject to divine levels and, commonly, the treatment of a human being, any other living thing, or ...
Jean-Baptiste Lully, by Paul Mignard. L'Apothéose de Lully, or Concert instrumental sous le titre d'Apothéose composé à la mémoire immortelle de l'incomparable Monsieur de Lully (English: The Apotheosis of Lully or Instrumental concert with the title of an Apotheosis composed in the immortal memory of the incomparable Monsieur de Lully) is a trio sonata composed by François Couperin.
The creator of a malicious gem may be able to compromise the user's system or server. [8] A number of methods have been developed to counter the security threat: Cryptographic signing of gems since RubyGems version 0.8.11. The gem cert and gem install commands are used for this purpose.
Well developed crystals of epidote, Ca 2 Al 2 (Fe 3+;Al)(SiO 4)(Si 2 O 7)O(OH), crystallizing in the monoclinic system, are of frequent occurrence: they are commonly prismatic in habit, the direction of elongation being perpendicular to the single plane of symmetry.
The Apotheosis of Homer is a grand 1827 painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, now exhibited at the Louvre as INV 5417. The symmetrical composition depicts Homer being crowned by a winged figure personifying Victory or the Universe. Forty-four additional figures pay homage to the poet in a kind of classical ...
The Apotheosis of Washington on the ceiling of the Capitol rotunda inside the United States Capitol Detail of George Washington in the fresco. The Apotheosis of Washington is the fresco painted by Greek-Italian artist Constantino Brumidi in 1865 and visible through the oculus of the dome in the rotunda of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
Alchemical symbols were used to denote chemical elements and compounds, as well as alchemical apparatus and processes, until the 18th century. Although notation was partly standardized, style and symbol varied between alchemists.