Grid Reading

For the reading... Where do I start?   So much information.  The history was really interesting to read 'because we touched-based on the topic in my history class and how manuscripts & art pieces show grids.  The reading mentioned history (side notes): Medieval grid (symbolic statues) the cross was an example of symbolic during that time, Renaissance & Cartesian grids (grid creates perspective/illusion) was the rise of mathematical perspective creating the illusion of spatial recession in three dimensions, the Modern Grid (appearance and symbolism) was used for practical purposes, for example, cubism or putting elements in the edge, and the Postmodern grid (show grids, composition, popular) has a more dynamic visual play to it by using the grid as a visual. There are many uses for grids and at one point there were hidden and used symbolic.  And others times the grid was used as visual.  The reading showed designers using examples of grids.  And layout concepts can be both grid and non-grid based designs.  

I got a lot out of the reading and trying to make a meaning as for myself:  lines indicate control or placement and can be used for placing pictorial composition, it has a symbolic purpose, and lines can be representational, it also create movement, and grid has been used for many years. There are many types of grids: column, hierarchical, modular, manuscripts, ...