I commissioned him to create ambigrams for the word “illuminati”, as well as the Illuminati diamond - the fusion of the elements, earth, air, fire and water, which represents the fusion of science and religion historically, and features in Angels & Demons.An ambigram is a word or design that retains meaning when viewed from a different direction or perspective. John also created the ambigrams used in Angels & Demons. John and his name were part of the inspiration for the protagonist of Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon) who also appears in The Da Vinci Code and in my next, as yet unpublished, book. Later, when I published a novel of the same name, Simon & Schuster used the same ambigram on the hardcover edition. John did the artwork, and the CD was released in 1999 with John’s ambigram on the cover. I was so impressed by the artwork of John Langdon that I commissioned him to create an album cover for my new CD of music (called Angels & Demons ), which dealt with many of the religious themes that already interested me. John’s art changed the way I think about symmetry, symbols, and art – he looks at from different perspectives. He is most famous for his ability to create “ambigrams” – words that read the same both right side up and up side down (see, for example, his book Wordplay. John is an artist and philosopher, a close friend of my father and, I think, one of our true geniuses. In the early 1990’s, I first saw the art work of John Langdon.
Robert Langdon is an amalgam of many people I admire. The following is excerpted from Dan Brown’s Witness Statement to the British High Court – in which the American author speaks about his inspiration and research for his bestselling novels, including The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons. You had to have a quick and sharp eye to catch my ambigrams in the 2009 Angels & Demons movie, but the Sony people put them to great advantage in the promotion of the film.
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