Beauty not what it seems

The judgement of beauty is supposed to be based purely on the values of aesthetics but our society fails to broaden its narrow views on the conception of art.  This way of viewing art is not fair because art doesn't have a singular universal view. Different cultures have different perspectives on what they view as art so one form of art shouldn't be deemed better or more sophisticated because of its origin. If art is to be so disinterested when engaged in, why does engagement in the arts appeal so much to our interests? I think putting people and stature before pure beauty and conceptual aesthetics is Western societies downfall and to truly appreciate art they need to step outside of the "art being non-functional" bracket and realize that art in itself is function, and should be judged by certain characteristics that help better define what arts function is.