section_path: Conclusion and legacy/Music and art
section_name: Music and art
paragraph_text: Music and art
  
  Painting and sculpture
  
  Building
  
  Literature
  
  Musical forms
  
  Liturgies
  
  Hymnals
  
  Secular music
  
  Partly due to Martin Luther's love for music, music became important in Lutheranism. The study and practice of music was encouraged in Protestant-majority countries. Songs such as the Lutheran hymns or the Calvinist Psalter became tools for the spread of Protestant ideas and beliefs, as well as identity flags. Similar attitudes developed among Catholics, who in turn encouraged the creation and use of music for religious purposes.