Word: connoisseur
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...Guernica” at the Reina Sofia, my piecemeal experience with Spanish art was disappointing. To exclude modern art, particularly Picasso, from such a prominent, iconic museum is to exclude a pivotal moment in Spanish history. As a history aficionado and modern art connoisseur, I resented the extra walk down Paseo del Prado to find my favorite aspects of Spanish art—cubism, Picasso, and “Guernica”—in a young, growing museum instead of in Spain’s great established museum like I had expected. Then again...
...tale begins with an impasse. The man who is trying to write the life of the late Francis Chegwidden Cornish, a distinguished art collector and connoisseur, finds himself stymied. It is bad enough that he has turned up hints of fakery in Cornish's long and otherwise exemplary career. These suspicions, if proved and published, will offend the immensely rich and powerful Cornish family and sully the reputation of the Cornish Trust, one of Canada's most respectable financial institutions. Worse, the aspiring biographer must admit that he cannot determine the influences that molded his man. Research has led only...
...midst of this real, worthless trash, however, was a hidden treasure: a table of found object art—trash for the discerning connoisseur...
...surprised that a self-proclaimed toilet connoisseur like yoursel has failed to uncover the hidden treasure that is the bathroom of Old Quincy D-51. Hidden away on the top floor of Old Quincy’s middle entry, D-51 doesn’t seem like the spot to stash the best bathroom on campus. But take it from one who basked in its aura for the entirety of sophomore year. D-51 has the best facilities on campus. Easily twice the size of the average freshman common room, one could comfortably install a bed inside the stall...
...midst of this real, worthless trash, however, was a hidden treasure: a table of found object art—trash for the discerning connoisseur...