If you have the patience to read through the many, many questions this designer answers regarding this kitchen, you will find more lighting info. For example, she recommended to one person, 16"-18" maximum width pendants for a 36" wide island. I'm referencing these 2 kitchens/designers on Houzz because I had a hard time finding exact info on what size pendants to use. I found their advice helpful. Click on the link below and read the pendant/ light fixture questions and answers. Be sure on click on the additional comments that are not displayed. [https://www.houzz.com/photos/classic-white-kitchen-traditional-kitchen-cleveland-phvw-vp~786642[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/classic-white-kitchen-traditional-kitchen-cleveland-phvw-vp~786642)

There is no "size rule", but there are good principles for both proportion and for illumination. Some folks like "decorative" light fixtures, sometimes called chandeliers. Some folks, like me, don't like light fixture which call attention to themselves and attempt to dominate a space. Pendants can be large, complex and visually strong...or they can be small, simple and unobtrusive. Pendants can be clear and transparent, or they can be metallic and opaque. Thus, it's virtually impossible for anyone here to give you a definitive answer to your question, especially without seeing your house, the interior space and furnishings. If you are having trouble figuring out all of this, why don't you pay a designer for an hour's time and help you select pendants which will be workable and in good taste for the style of architecture of your house?

Half the 72” 36” island pendant should work.

Our new island will be 9’ long and about 4’ wide. I am going to go with 2 pendant lights on the medium-large scale, lantern style. What size pendants should I go with? And how far apart should they be placed?