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Connoisseur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Connoisseurs evaluate works of art on the basis of aesthetic conclusions. |
 | | During the 18th century, however, the term was often used as a synonym for a still vaguer man of taste or a pretended critic. |
 | | In 1890, Giovanni Morelli wrote, "art connoisseurs say of art historians that they write about what they do not understand; art historians, on their side, disparage the connoisseurs, and only look upon them as the drudges who collect materials for them, but who personally have not the slightest knowledge of the physiology of art." |
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