BLOG POST #12

This Little Light of Mine, I'm Gonna Let It Shine...

Lamps are a good design for all and have been around for ages.

"The first lamp was invented around 70,000 BC. A hollow rock, shell or other natural found object was filled with moss or a similar material that was soaked with animal fat and ignited. Wicks were later added to control the rate of burning. Around the 7th century BC, the Greeks began making terra cotta lamps to replace handheld torches. The word lamp is derived from the Greek word lampas, meaning torch." http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventions/a/lighting.htm

Lamps have been around for a very long time. They can be very inexpensive and are very common in today's design. One good and very versatile quality of lamps is the fact that they come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, patterns, textures, and brightness. They are used to light up a room that has little or no natural  light and they are used to light up a room when it is night time and there is not any natural sunlight. Lamps can be found in many and most rooms of a house or building. They have kept the same purpose but they have changed how they look on the outside.

 Lamp 1800's

 Lamp Early 1900's

 Lamp Mid-Late 1900's

 Lamp 2011

 Lamp 2011