Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Almantas Samalavi čius IDEAS AND STRUCTURES IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY Summary of Doctoral Dissertation Humanities, Art Criticism (O3H) Sculpture and Architecture (H312) Vilnius “Technika” 2005 IDEAS AND STRUCTURES IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY Topicality of the Problem. The history of architecture in Western countries and Lithuania is researched from various points of view. Such significant elements of architecture as light, color, sound, and water so far have been studied as far as their relation to the architecture of certain specific historical periods is concerned. However, Deleted: izedup till now research of this kind was limited to deep, yet narrow, fragmented and specialized views of certain historical periods, or research projects were concerned with certain specific aspects of connections between works of architecture and metaphysical Deleted: atbeliefs.