Question

Unlike during the Medieval period, church leaders commissioned works of art during the Renaissance to

teach religious lessons.
reward church supporters.
demonstrate church wealth.
decorate religious spaces.

Answer 1

demonstrate church wealth.

Renaissance popes and bishops used lavish commissions (e.g., St. Peter’s, the Sistine Chapel, major altarpieces) to display the church’s power, prestige, and wealth — whereas medieval art was more focused on didactic religious instruction for a largely illiterate population.