Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Fig. 62. A Scene in Venice Boats, called gondolas, take the place of carriages in Venice; one canreach any point in the city by some one of the numerous canals, whichtake the place of streets. There are also narrow lanes along the canals,crossing them here and there by bridges, so one can wander aboutthe town on foot trade. Its enterprises carried it eastward, and it early acquiredpossessions across the Adriatic and in the Orient. The influ-ence of this in
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Fig. 62. A Scene in Venice Boats, called gondolas, take the place of carriages in Venice; one canreach any point in the city by some one of the numerous canals, whichtake the place of streets. There are also narrow lanes along the canals,crossing them here and there by bridges, so one can wander aboutthe town on foot trade. Its enterprises carried it eastward, and it early acquiredpossessions across the Adriatic and in the Orient. The influ-ence of this intercourse with the East is plainly shown in thecelebrated church of St. Mark, whose domes and decorationssuggest Constantinople rather than Italy (Fig. 63). It was not until early in the fifteenth century that Venicefound it to her interest to extend her sway upon the Italian 224 Medieval and Modern Times \enice ex- mainland. She doubtless believed it dangerous to permit hersway on the rival, Milan, to get possession of the Alpine passes throughmainland which her goods found their way north. It may be, too, that she. Fig. 63. St. Marks .\xd the Doges Palace i\ Venice One sees the facade of St. Marks to the left, and that of the dogespalace beyond. The church, modeled after one in Constantinople,was planned before the First Crusade and is adorned with numerouscolored marble columns and slabs brought from the East. The interioris covered with mosaics, some of which go back to the twelfth and thethirteenth century. The fa9ade is also adorned with brilliant Marks * is unique among the buildings of the world in respectto its unparalleled richness of material and decoration. The dogespalace contained the government offices and the magnificent halls inwhich the senate and Council of Ten met. The palace was begunabout 1300, and the fajade we see in the picture was commencedabout a hundred years later. It shows the influence of the Gothicstyle, which penetrated into northern
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