It is all very well admiring the craftsmanship of the artisans who created these works of art but it should be remembered that the money to pay for all this came off the backs the poor gullible peasentry.
yes your right, to mention the poor, that have been deceived, remember in them days they did not have a bible, of there own or scripture, and was not permitted to have one. so they blindly follow the blind.
one way roman catholic church make there dosh, is via purgatory, purgatory is a false doctrine.