Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 84

           Teresa,shortlyafteritsunveiling,hadbeenmovedfromitsoriginallocationinsidetheVatican.ThisinitselfwasnotwhathadcaughtLangdon’seye.Hewasalreadyfamiliarwiththesculpture’scheckeredpast.Thoughsomethoughtitamasterpiece,PopeUrbanVIIIhadrejectedTheEcstasyofSt.TeresaastoosexuallyexplicitfortheVatican.Hehadbanishedittosomeobscurechapelacrosstown.WhathadcaughtLangdon’seyewasthattheworkhadapparentlybeenplacedinoneofthefivechurchesonhislist.Whatwasmore,thenoteindicatedithadbeenmovedtherepersuggerimentodelartista.

           Bysuggestionoftheartist?Langdonwasconfused.ItmadenosensethatBerninihadsuggestedhismasterpiecebehiddeninsomeobscurelocation.Allartistswantedtheirworkdisplayedprominently,notinsomeremote—

           Langdonhesitated.Unless…

           Hewasfearfuleventoentertainthenotion.Wasitpossible?HadBerniniintentionallycreatedaworksoexplicitthatitforcedtheVaticantohideitinsomeout-of-the-wayspot?AlocationperhapsthatBerninihimselfcouldsuggest?MaybearemotechurchonadirectlinewithWestPonente’sbreath?

           AsLangdon’sexcitementmounted,hisvaguefamiliaritywiththestatueintervened,insistingtheworkhadnothingtodowithfire.Thesculpture,asanyonewhohadseenitcouldattest,wasanythingbutscientific—pornographicmaybe,butcertainlynotscientific.AnEnglishcritichadoncecondemnedTheEcstasyofSt.Teresaas"themostunfitornamentevertobeplacedinaChristianChurch."Langdoncertainlyunderstoodthecontroversy.

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