Can art be a measurement of a culture?

1) Arts can be ranked in terms of their quality. 2) Arts and cultures are deeply integrated. Are those two statements true? If so, can the cultures be ranked in terms of their overall quality via judging their art? Frankly, the answers to the questions will vary from a person to person. However, I believe that it does not work that way. Arts should be admired and measured within the cultures' own context.