The Pieta and David are considered to be his finest works.
States could choose between Catholicism and Protestantism.
Growing economic prosperity
Increased trade
Wealth
It made the merchant class wealthy enough to support the arts
More Europeans were literate because of several things:
Monarchies
Utopia
It killed many many people.
She defeated the spanish armada
The Inquisition was a group if institutions within the government system of the Catholic Church, whose aim was to combat heresy. It started in 12th century France and spread to other European countries resulting in the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions. Minor religions were more numerous in these countries
Gothic windows took up too much wall space for large paintings.