Look I also dislike modern art but it's not a reason to shit on education. Back then they called it an apprenticeship not a degree but it's not like they didn't do education https://www.milanartinstitute.com/blog/art-lessons-from-da-vinci

Once the the teachint of art was centralized and in a system where seniority has priority over merit, I was just a matter of time that the teaching of art will fall into the hands of socialists