Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . eauty and impres-siveness of a Gothic interior. The porchbefore the north entrance of Chartrescathedral is a magnificent example offourteenth-century work (see the accom-panying illustrations). One of the charms of a Gothic build-ing is the profusion of car\ing — statuesof saints and rulers and scenes from theBible, cut in stone. The same kind ofstone was used for both constructing thebuilding and making the statues, so theyharmonize perfectly. A fine exam
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . eauty and impres-siveness of a Gothic interior. The porchbefore the north entrance of Chartrescathedral is a magnificent example offourteenth-century work (see the accom-panying illustrations). One of the charms of a Gothic build-ing is the profusion of car\ing — statuesof saints and rulers and scenes from theBible, cut in stone. The same kind ofstone was used for both constructing thebuilding and making the statues, so theyharmonize perfectly. A fine example ofmedieval carving is to be seen in Pig. and there the Gothic stone carverswould introduce amusing faces or comicalanimals (see Figs. 57, 6oj. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Gothic buildingsother than churches were built. The most striking and impor-tant of these were the guild halls, erected by the rich corpora-tions of merchants, and the town halls of important cities. Butthe Gothic style has always seemed specially appropriate forchurches. Its lofty aisles and open floor spaces, its soaring Gothicsculpture. Fig. 61. Eve and THE Serpent, Rheims Gothic usedmainly inchurclies 222 Medieval and Modem Times arches leading the eye toward heaven, and its glowing windowssuggesting the glories of paradise, may well have fostered thefaith of the medieval Christian. Map ofItaly in thefourteenthcentury Venice andits relationswith theEast The Italian Cities of the Renaissance 45. We have been speaking so far of the town life in northernEurope in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. We must nowsee how the Italian towns in the following two centuries reacheda degree of prosperity and refinement undreamed of north ofthe Alps. Within their walls learning and art made such ex-traordinary progress that a special name is often given to theperiod when they flourished — the Renaissance^ or new Italian towns, like those of ancient Greece, were each alittle stat
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