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Chapter 20

           «One-point-six-one-eight.Wantanotherexample?Measurethedistancefromyourshouldertoyourfingertips,andthendivideitbythedistancefromyourelbowtoyourfingertips.PHIagain.Another?Hiptofloordividedbykneetofloor.PHIagain.Fingerjoints.Toes.Spinaldivisions.PHI.PHI.PHI.Myfriends,eachofyouisawalkingtributetotheDivineProportion.»

           Eveninthedarkness,Langdoncouldseetheywereallastounded.Hefeltafamiliarwarmthinside.Thisiswhyhetaught.«Myfriends,asyoucansee,thechaosoftheworldhasanunderlyingorder.WhentheancientsdiscoveredPHI,theywerecertaintheyhadstumbledacrossGod’sbuildingblockfortheworld,andtheyworshippedNaturebecauseofthat.Andonecanunderstandwhy.God’shandisevidentinNature,andeventothisdaythereexistpagan,MotherEarth-reveringreligions.Manyofuscelebratenaturethewaythepagansdid,anddon’tevenknowit.MayDayisaperfectexample,thecelebrationofspring…theearthcomingbacktolifetoproduceherbounty.ThemysteriousmagicinherentintheDivineProportionwaswrittenatthebeginningoftime.ManissimplyplayingbyNature’srules,andbecauseartisman’sattempttoimitatethebeautyoftheCreator’shand,youcanimaginewemightbeseeingalotofinstancesoftheDivineProportioninartthissemester.»

           Overthenexthalfhour,LangdonshowedthemslidesofartworkbyMichelangelo,AlbrechtDürer,DaVinci,andmanyothers,demonstratingeachartist’sintentionalandrigorousadherencetotheDivineProportioninthelayoutofhiscompositions.

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