![]() ![]() More pertinent to this blog, though, are books that designers and artists use to collect pictures. You marked them with a stylus, and could then rub the ivory clean, like a school child’s tablet. The below example from the Gilbert Collection at the V&A still bears numerals scrawled on to its delicate surface. In the 17th and 18th century, elite examples sometimes had ivory plaques for pages. Over the centuries notebooks have taken some beautiful and surprising forms, which have of course dictated the drawings (and writing) that is committed to them. It’s as if it were designed on a modern layout grid Massimo Vignelli would be proud. In the example at right, each page has been given a more or less 2/3 – 1/3 composition, with the right-hand column reserved for illustrations and notes. Paul’s was the centre of this trade.) A flip through the Forster Codices (you can do this digitally here) reminds you of a less historically-specific aspect of notebooks for sketching: artists tend to react to the format.Įven someone of the inventive power of Leonardo, seemingly by instinct, divides up the two rectangular facing pages of each spread into more-or-less evenly divided spaces. Right up until the 18th century, you had to get your loose leaves of paper from a bookseller, and then take them to a binder yourself. It’s a reminder that in the early modern period, the relation between a book’s pages and its covers was quite flexible. One of the interesting features of the Leonardo volumes is that they include five separate notebooks, set into three bindings. They got me thinking about the books that artists and designers use for sketching. Thanks.Among the prize exhibits in the V&A’s new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries are the so-called Forster Codices, a trio of notebooks kept by Leonardo da Vinci. "Noted." That's why it sounds more natural to say. Attaching with thanks to it makes it sound a bit awkward because Noted is usually said alone. But it is very short and not at all flowery. I understand (and I will act do what you want me to do). ![]() when used as a response to a request by someone, is a very short and succinct way to say that you understood what you were asked to do. ![]() Your statement was perfectly correct, but a bit flowery. When I read these questions I sure wish I could give more explanation as to why something sounds more natural than something else. noted with thanks is perfectly understandable but not how a native would generally respond. "With thanks" sounds a bit more formal and like it should go with something a bit less abrupt than "noted!"
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