Describe how the Counter-Reformation affected the arts in Europe's Catholic countries

What will be an ideal response?

Essay responses should include these points:
• The goal of the Council of Trent was to implement a program to guide appropriate art, thereby restoring internal Church discipline.
• As a result of this council, art was supposed to prohibit sensual subjects or treatment of subjects.
• The function of music was to serve liturgy and liturgical text.
• The council set out a general demand for clarity and directness.