The Apotheosis Of Dan Brown

Performed my second google search, for the Apotheosis of Washington, a painting on the ceiling of the Capitol, America’s version of the Sistene Chapel. Interesting stuff. Apotheosis is the transformation of a person into a God, and the ceiling of the U.S. Capitol depicts Washington ascending into heaven as a deity. Interesting implications both for the separation of church and state and our own Christian heritage.

The ongoing conversation between Ito and Langdon continues to grate. Moments after saying she has no time to waste, she allows Langdon to waste her time with a history lesson. We still have no idea why she is there or what is so important about her search for the perpetrator, so important that she has no interest in the severed hand discovered in the Capitol building or conducting a search for the man who left it there. How ironic that is the very man she is searching after.

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