Then why the bit about "This seems like a big assumption", if you weren't also asserting that it seemed implausible to you that anyone could like any Renaissance art without having someone tell them "this is good, this high status, this is what you like now".
It seems you felt attacked by my comment, which was not the intent. Apologies if it came off confrontationally. I never asked you to supply “a specific test”, I asked if there was one. Not sure why you took it as a personal attack on your point. I was genuinely interested in if the topic has been studied/tested.