ARCHITECTURAL AND ARTISTICAL LIGHTING OF THE MODERN CITY ON THE EXAMPLE OF YEKATERINBURG
Among the variety of city space elements the architecture has the greatest value (modern objects, objects of historical, cultural heritage and spiritual education). Lighting can accent historical and cultural dominants, significant objects of modern architecture on the urban background. Light is capable not only to emphasize, designate the object in space, but it also allows to create esthetically balanced environment. The modern methods of architectural and art lighting can solve the following problems: the shaping of city silhouette at the night-time; the creation of the light image of the certain architectural objects, (object groups, architectural environment); the creation of light compositions in the most attractive for citizens places (squares, parks). Each method uses an individual set of technical tools, the schemes of the placement of the lighting equipment that in its turn allows to form light compositions (scenes) different in a form, scale, density. In this article the existing methods of architectural and art lighting of architectural objects of Yekaterinburg are discussed, their specifics are revealed, the schemes of combinations of lighting methods are offered.