![]() Ruskin arranges proper architecture under five heads: devotional, memorial, civil, military, and domestic. Ruskin describes architecture as the art that enhances and adorns buildings created by man, so that the sight of them contributes to his mental health, power and pleasure. In other words, whatever we do, we must do well, as if we were trying to please God. The first lamp is the lamp of sacrifice that is portrayed as the dedication of a man’s craft to God. During this essay, I will discuss these seven lamps of sacrifice, truth, power, beauty, life, memory, and obedience. The seven lamps of architecture presented by John Ruskin are meant to represent the demands that architecture must meet in order to be considered good architecture. ![]() ![]() However, I was interested in learning more about these 7 lamps. ![]() Although we mentioned the seven lamps when we discussed this chapter during class we mainly focused on “The Lamp of Truth”, mostly because we were discussing the questions of truth that rose during the 19 th century with new technological advancements. It was during that time that we read John Ruskin’s original text “The Lamp of Truth”. During the third chapter of the book “Introducing Architectural Theory” we discussed the themes of honesty and deception. ![]()
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