This document discusses different types of lighting sources and illumination methods. It describes natural illumination from the sun and stars, and artificial illumination produced electrically from lamps. It defines lighting terms like luminous flux and luminous intensity. It explains different illumination methods like direct, semi-direct, and indirect lighting and their uses. It also discusses different types of electric lamps including incandescent, discharge, mercury, sodium, and fluorescent lamps as well as their characteristics.