My other guesses...
Specialization is meant for technical stuff, and technical stuff only. Somehow because of the economic structure (division of labour) or some other reason, we are made to believe we also need specialists (or experts) in arts...a field where measure of excellence is so subjective and unpredictable...
...then we have specialists constructing a system of rules & standards telling us how to determine whether a piece of art work is beautiful...so we can "learn" how to appreciate arts...then base our valuation or appreciation of a painting on specialists' opinions...
Every once in a while some rule breaking genius would create a turmoil in this system, we would marvel for 3 seconds then move on like nothing has happened. It's like, "what are we to doubt the rules & standards? they were created by those experts...they've been around for centuries..."
Maybe it's exactly the reason we should question the system.
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