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Nor do the in- teriors resemble Northern Gothic, consisting of a large hall onlv. With a chancel for the choir. In secular buildings, the Gothic architects made frecjuent use of an inner, arcaded quadrangle, and relied upon tliese cloistered arches for their prin- cipal efifects. The famous arcade of the Doge's Palace at A'enice is the single instance of ex- ternal arcades, which are so splendid as to be alone sufficient to make the building famous. The upper part is carried on a pillared gal- ...lery by means of a novel but very successful modification of Gothic window tracery, which would seem too massive but for its manifest pur- pose and intention. This unusual application of decoration resulted in the most successful piece of civic architecture in Europe, and one which has been widely copied. Like all the Venetian palaces, it rises straight from "The level, quivering line Of the water's crystalline, " 105 u C V > I V o a BO o Q V M H without a break or projection of an}- sort, since tliey must admit of gondolas coming straight un- der the wall.
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