The black death contributed to the growth of the arts by -decimating the population, leaving the survivors wealthier - giving artists a universal subject to depict -strengthening the control of the church -forcing people to spend more time indoors, where they could work on art

The Black Death was a plague that affected European culture, its idea of death, and religion. It was also a time where art developed because artists had a universal subject depicted in their works. Moments of suffering and death were turned into an inspiration for most artists and served as a general subject for their work. This was the time when Realism is the center of art culture and artists based their works on the plague as God’s way of punishing His people for their sins.

If i remember correctly it was caused by people hurling bodies at a country for some reason and them they all became infected