Something piquant was needed to arouse him; the mild ecstasies of commonconnoisseurship hardly appeal to a young man between life and death.
Musical and dramatic connoisseurship was developed; the -habitue- recognized every tune by the first note, and knew the texts by heart; every fault in the music or recitation was severely censured by the audience.
Arts of Design In the arts of design connoisseurship and collecting were always on the increase.
As several guests joined them and discussed with great connoisseurship the merits of the sculpture Brandilancia's thoughts wandered to his host.
Winckelmann gloated over their beauty, for he united the artist's appreciation to the connoisseurship of the archæologist.
Mrs. Jameson's connoisseurship was not limited to pictorial and sculptural art.
A connoisseur in his books by right of imagination, his connoisseurship would not have passed muster in the shops; it was nailed to the counter.
Yet it is as pleasant to have a connoisseurship in villages as to have a connoisseurship in wines or cigars, though it is not so regarded.
