connoisseurship

[ kon-uh-sur-ship, -soor- ]

noun

the fact or state of being a connoisseur, a person who is especially competent to make discerning judgments in the fine arts or, often, in some other field; critical expertise, or the qualities of a connoisseur generally: Private galleries were a way for collectors to show off their education, taste, and connoisseurship.Fine tea defines a sense of culture, marks a ritual, and offers a sense of connoisseurship.

Origin of connoisseurship

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He was known in his family and to friends as a connoisseur of modern art and haute cuisine.
Bruce Sklarew, psychiatrist who created grief-therapy program, dies at 88 | Bart Barnes | November 5, 2020 | Washington Post
If familiarity breeds contempt, then overindulgence breeds snobbish connoisseurship.
My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered | Scott Bixby | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
That kind of slightly over-anxious, wrapping up of objects in connoisseurship brings me out in hives.
The Writer and the Potter: Edmund De Waal on his New York Debut | Iain Millar | September 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
connoisseurship has spread from wine and olive oil to chocolate, cheeses, pickles, hams, cupcakes.
One Percent Shots! Testing Leona, DeLeon’s $825 Bottle of Tequila | Daniel Gross | November 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the book you suggest that connoisseurship has become more egalitarian, how come?
Eric Asimov Talks About New Book “How to Love Wine” | Sophie Menin | October 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

Winckelmann gloated over their beauty, for he united the artist's appreciation to the connoisseurship of the archologist.
Romance of Roman Villas | Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) Champney
connoisseurship is a science and may hold within itself no element of aesthetic enjoyment.
The Gate of Appreciation | Carleton Noyes
By the end of the fifteenth century art is becoming a question of rules; appreciation a matter of connoisseurship.
Art | Clive Bell
He liked good food, and was proud of his connoisseurship in matters of cookery, and wines.
William Morris | Elizabeth Luther Cary
Every detail spoke of the connoisseurship, the refined and personal taste characteristic of Oxford in the eighties.
The Invader | Margaret L. Woods

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