Код да Винчи

Chapter 26

           

           MostrecentlyLangdonhadsharedtheMonaLisa’ssecretwitharatherunlikelygroupadozeninmatesattheEssexCountyPenitentiary.Langdon’sjailseminarwaspartofaHarvardoutreachprogramattemptingtobringeducationintotheprisonsystemCultureforConvicts,asLangdon’scolleagueslikedtocallit.

           Standingatanoverheadprojectorinadarkenedpenitentiarylibrary,LangdonhadsharedtheMonaLisa’ssecretwiththeprisonersattendingclass,menwhomhefoundsurprisinglyengagedrough,butsharp.«Youmaynotice,»Langdontoldthem,walkinguptotheprojectedimageoftheMonaLisaonthelibrarywall,»thatthebackgroundbehindherfaceisuneven.»Langdonmotionedtotheglaringdiscrepancy.«DaVincipaintedthehorizonlineontheleftsignificantlylowerthantheright.»

           «Hescreweditup?»oneoftheinmatesasked.

           Langdonchuckled.«No.DaVincididn’tdothattoooften.Actually,thisisalittletrickDaVinciplayed.Byloweringthecountrysideontheleft,DaVincimadeMonaLisalookmuchlargerfromtheleftsidethanfromtherightside.AlittleDaVinciinsidejoke.Historically,theconceptsofmaleandfemalehaveassignedsidesleftisfemale,andrightismale.BecauseDaVinciwasabigfanoffeminineprinciples,hemadeMonaLisalookmoremajesticfromtheleftthantheright.»

           «Iheardhewasafag,»saidasmallmanwithagoatee.

           Langdonwinced.«Historiansdon’tgenerallyputitquitethatway,butyes,DaVinciwasahomosexual.

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