Johnny will not necessarily give better business presentations because he was a second grade vegetable in a Four Food Groups school play. Instruction in the arts has long been a part of education from the time of the Ancient Roman quadrivium to the present. All of these areas can be studied academically or in a studio setting.
Academic study includes the history of the Art and appreciation of the Art.
Studio study includes the specific elements of the Arts and the basic and advanced skills needed in order to participate in the Arts. Popular art has a relatively short history of only 150 years or so. All of these areas have merit of one kind or another, and they also have differing criteria for study or appreciation. This discussion concerns itself with High Art because it has the most to teach students because of its depth, long lineage of history and ability to sustain repeated study. The studio study of the Arts or the skills to actually participate in the Arts is closely akin to the principles of the trivium .