How did the reformation change an artist life?

Reformation is the period of separation between the Catholic and Protestant churches. The name means reshaping a church. Art was affected by the Reformation the following way:  artists had to leave their homes to seek patronage in other lands, the papacy no longer controlled the art world and much art was destroyed for containing religious imagery. Instead of it, may artists began to pain Landscapes and portraiture, and life. Artists were no longer commissioned by churches or others for religious purposes and symbolism like previously, the paintings became less symbolic because the painters could just paint what they wanted to instead of having to come up with symbols for religious symbols or messages or paint what they were commissioned to paint.

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