摘要：Lights are essential for humans and other living creatures. Without lights or lighting, surely it will behard to do everything, especially in the afternoon or at night. As the development of civilization and technology,humans created artificial lighting. For the first time, it was only a substitute for natural light from the sun.Artificial light was provided from the fire; then research and development of the light bulb were conducted byAlessandro Volta, Sir Humphry Davy, Warren De La Rue, to Thomas Alva Edison. After the natural lights fromthe sun can be replaced by artificial lighting from the lamp, the development of lighting is getting much complexranging from technical to psychological things. This relates to the increasing human activity in the room. Thediversity of different activity requires different types of lighting methods. The development results not only abouttechnical and psychological problems but also aesthetic elements
关键词：artificial lights; human activities; technical; psychological; aesthetic
