The Decline and Fall of Western Art

About the loss of Western art to a false art philosophy, nihilism, industrialization, and a corrupt art establishment. Art, tasteful sthetics, high culture, & standards have all but vanished from the modern world. An ancient tradition has been carelessly discarded and is close to being lost forever. Why is this? Why were beauty values important to our ancestors? What was their philosophy of art, and what is ours? Can we bring back real art?