What effects did the Black Plague have on art and life?
Here are a whole page of results on the Black Plague and its effect on society.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=+Black+Plague%2C+effect+on+society&btnG=Search
This site will give you an overall history of the Black plague
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death