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A connoisseur (French traditional, pre-1835, spelling of connaisseur, from Middle-French connoistre, then connaître meaning 'to be acquainted with' or 'to know somebody/something') is a person who has a great deal of knowledge about the fine arts; who is a keen appreciator of cuisines, fine wines, and other gourmet products; or who is an expert judge in matters of taste.
Among US collectors of the early 1900s, Berenson was regarded as the pre-eminent authority on Renaissance art.Early in his career, Berenson developed his own unique method of connoisseurship by combining the comparative examination techniques of Giovanni Morelli with the aesthetic idea put forth by John Addington Symonds that something of an artist's personality could be detected through his ...
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A connoisseur is a person who has expert knowledge in matters of taste or the fine arts.. Connoisseur may also refer to: . In arts and media: . Connoisseur Media, a US radio station holding company
Giovanni Morelli. Giovanni Morelli (25 February 1816 – 28 February 1891) was an Italian art critic and political figure. [1] As an art historian, he developed the "Morellian" technique of scholarship, identifying the characteristic "hands" of painters through scrutiny of diagnostic minor details that revealed artists' scarcely conscious shorthand and conventions for portraying, for example ...
The Burlington Magazine, especially in its first decades, was also preoccupied with the definition and development of formal analysis and connoisseurship in the visual arts and consistently observed, reviewed and contributed to the body of attributions to various artists, notably Rembrandt, Poussin, and Caravaggio. [12]
Tummers is noted for her work in developing new methodologies in art authentication, combining traditional connoisseurship with modern scientific techniques. [8] Tummers’s research often focuses on the ethical dimensions of art authentication, examining the profound impact that expert opinions can have on the cultural and economic value of ...
Elliot Wayne Eisner (March 10, 1933 – January 10, 2014) was a professor of Art and Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, and was one of the United States' leading academic minds.