1731-2442 Lighting devices in the Secession as the component of “Gesamtkunstwerk” and the issues of restoration Orlenko Mykolai author Ivashko Yuliia author Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture Correspondence to: Mykolai Orlenko Correspondence to: Yuliia Ivashko yulia-ivashko@ukr.net 06 11 2017 19/2017 2017 150 156 Copyright © 2017 2017 <p><span style="text-align: justify;">The Secession style was the last style with the highly expressed artist’s individuality not only in architecture, paintings but also in lighting devices. One of the sources of the European Secession was the Japanese art: the inspiration that Japanese artists drew from nature, using its lines and forms was quickly assimilated by their European counterparts. The original features of Secession style in Ukraine present not only in facade’s composition, decor but also in original lamps – for example in the interiors of the House of Chimaeras (in the entrance hall) or of the Kachkovsky Clinic stairwell, connected with the idea of “Gesamtkunstwerk” – the total space of art. During the time of Vladislav Gorodetsky, the author of the House of Chimaeras all the lamps in his own unusual house were designed by the author. During the restoring of the House with Chimaeras specialists of the “Ukrrestavratsiya” corporation restored and reconstructed interior’s elements according to the author’s drawings or in the same style.</span></p> 1 [1] Böcklin. The Album. – M.: Belyi Gorod, 2001. – 48 p. 2 [2] Berldsley, Aubrey. Drawings. Prose. Poems. Aphorisms. Letters Memories and articles about Beardsley. – Moscow: Igra-Tekhnika, 1992. – 288 p. 3 [3] Velichko S. Once there lived such a person: Shehktel // Velichko S. – Moscowskoye Nasledie. – 2009. – No. 10. – P.26–43. 4 [4] Kyrychenko E. I. Russian Architecture of the 1830–1910s / Ievgenia Ivanovna Kyrychenko. – Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1982.– 400 p., illustrated. 5 [5] Nashchokina M.V. Face to face with the muse of the architectural history / Maria Vladimirovna Nashchokina. – Moscow: Uley, 2008. –510 p. 6 [6] Orlenko M. I., Ivashko J. V., Li Shuan. Reincarnation of Northern National Romanticism. Investigation and experience of restoration of objects // Main redactor Prof. M. Dyomin. / Mykolai Orlenko, Julia Ivashko, Li Shuan. – Kyiv: Phenix, 2016. – 288 p. 7 [7] Sarabianov D.V. Art Nouveau style / D.V. Sarabianov. – Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1989. – 295 p., Il. 8 [8] Ushakova O. B. Interaction of historism and new style in the Baltic Art Nouveau / Olga Ushakova // Architecture of the Modernist Epoch in the Baltic Countries. – St. Petersburg: NIITIAG RAASN, 2013. – p.44–45. 9 [9] Far-Becker G. Japanese Engraving/G. Far-Becker. – Tashen/Art-Rodnik. – 2005 – 200 p. 10 10. Frempton K. Modern Architecture: A Critical View on the History of Development/Kenneth Frempton; [ed. By V. L.Hayt]. – Moscow: Stroyizdat, 1990. – 535 p. 11 [11] Fudzioka H. A New View of the Tradition/H. Fudzioka //UNESCO Courier. – 1990 – October. – P. 18–19 12 [12] The Reciting Reader. A.K./ [no year, no edition]. – 618 p. 13 [13] Speidel M. Winning Wave / M. Spaidel // UNESCO Courier,1990. – October. – P. 13–17.