connoisseurship

American  

[kon-uh-sur-ship, -soor-] / ˌkɒn əˈsɜr ʃɪp, -ˈsʊər- /

noun

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of connoisseurship

connoisseur ( def. ) + -ship ( def. )

Example Sentences

“You don’t see them walking around, and stopping in a gallery, and buying art, and trying to cultivate connoisseurship with their siblings or their children,” said Valerie Wade, a San Francisco gallerist.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company, which started 15 years ago, has been described as "elevating toy buying to an act of trendy connoisseurship" and praised for embracing non-traditional designs, which have made them a hit with collectors.

From BBC

We learn that this figurative formula accommodated an unusual range of proportions, emotions and body language, encouraging a kind of elemental connoisseurship.

From New York Times

But it would take a degree of nerve, a love of visual impact and a reinvention of connoisseurship that few museums seem able to accommodate these days.

From New York Times

“It does require great knowledge, photographic memory and ability to understand, connoisseurship to identify and group them by author,” said Sean Hemingway, the current lead curator of Greek and Roman art at the Met.

From New York Times