Word: connoisseurs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only painted abstractly, but-being an articulate man-was able to say, in a surprisingly up-to-date way, why he was doing so. It was Strindberg's thesis that a painting took on life only when liberated from images. In the same week, a British connoisseur sympathetic to abstract painting joined those who see its end coming. Like it or not, abstractionism remains art's liveliest topic...
...scraping tools inserted through the cracks. Then the outside surface was brushed, baked in an oven and treated to cure blisters and a surface condition that Greek archaeologists call "bronze tuberculosis." At last the kouros acquired a patina almost as soft and mellow as the one that first attracted Connoisseur Sulla, and the young man looks much as he did when he stood in some ancient temple. His grace and balance, his strength mixed with beauty, give the ideals of the Greeks one more victory over time...
...concert was not one to arouse the super-refined connoisseur of performance from his hi-fi den, but it did sell out Sanders Theatre. Miss Oppens, Senturia, Kogan, and the orchestra deserved the audience...
...Explained Collingwood later: "We couldn't have a technician fiddling with the First Lady's person." From her first whispery words, Jackie put on an expert performance in telling how she and her advisory committee have redecorated the White House. Without notes or prompting, she showed a connoisseur's knowledge of every antique and objet d'art that came into view (only one scene had to be refilmed; Jackie momentarily confused a Dolley Madison sofa with one of Nelly Custis'). She easily rattled off the names of bygone artists and cabinetmakers, displayed an impressive knowledge...
...pledged $1,000,000 to Manhattan's Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Their stable of race horses is first rate: one filly, Idun, won $392,490 before her retirement two years ago. Paul, a talented violinist, is a leading patron of the Philadelphia Orchestra. His wife is an art connoisseur and a collector of Meissen china...