connoisseurship

These are the studies of their graver hours, while for their amusements they have the vast circle of connoisseurship, painting, music, statuary, and natural philosophy, or rather unnatural , which deals in the wonderful, and knows nothing of Nature, except her monsters and imperfections.

The Colonel, though disclaiming all pretensions to connoisseurship, warmly admired the screens, as he would have done any thing painted by Miss Dashwood; and on the curiosity of the others being of course excited, they were handed round for general inspection.

The most important mega-trend driving foodservice coffee is sensory and indulgence, with particular focus on premiumization and connoisseurship. Consumers disposable incomes are increasing, but their lives are becoming more hectic, with longer working days and commutes, and higher stress levels.

The organization is committed to supporting the careers of pioneering contemporary artists of the region and to fostering global connoisseurship for their distinct artistic practices.

Meuwly has a bachelor's degree in classical studies and art history from Duke University and a master's degree in modern art, connoisseurship and the history of the art market from Christie's Education in New York.

The third area is good old-fashioned connoisseurship. To be honest, we have not succeeded in producing a more coherent oeuvre using that method.

We're talking high-level connoisseurship. I felt like I'd just entered The Metropolitan Museum of Rare, Imported, Limited-Edition and Vintage Toys.

The event aimed to promote culinary traditions and high-quality food-and-wine connoisseurship as a distinctive trait of Italian identity and culture.

My consumption was guided not by enthusiasm or connoisseurship or philosophies on food-pairings; rather, I made all my decisions on what to drink with a college freshman's devotion to frugality.

Ortelius was noted for his unique combination of talents: his connoisseurship, or ability to judge art by looking, and his erudition, or extensive knowledge acquired from books, with the ultimate goal of enlightenment.

Has Rauschenberg recast leisure activities and aesthetic connoisseurship as fraudulent endeavors, orare the images just that--shapes meant only to conjure an unsettlingly familiar realm of punishment?

Now an orphan in her 30s, she yearns for a kind of initiation into adulthood that connoisseurship can bring - the pride and humility of appreciation, which her father tried but failed to instill in her.