Word: connoisseurs
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...Museum of Modern Art introduction says, its photography does have a bit of the modern freedom, but the "during" shots are easily recognized: they are used over and over again. Maedchen's musical background is also interesting, largely because it occurs so rarely. Unless one is a connoisseur of the development of the movie industry, however, he will find Maedchen only moderately absorbing, for the plot is a little lacking in intensity. The acting, at any rate, unlike that in many old movies, never seems ridiculous; in fact, it is very good...
Married. James Michener, 48, novelist (The Bridges of Toko-ri), connoisseur of things Japanese (The Floating World), 1947 Pulitzer Prizewinner for Tales of the South Pacific; and Colorado-born Nisei Mari Yoriko Sabusawa, 35, assistant editor of the American Library Association Bulletin; he for the third time, she for the first; in Chicago...
Talented Copyist. Sam Kress was a man who had something less than a connoisseur's feeling for great art, who often bought his treasures by the lot. And his collection had become great only a few years before he startled the art world with his huge donation...
...after taxes) in his five appearances on the show, was taken on as a good-will ambassador by a rubber heel and sole company at more than $10,000 a year. One of the show's questions even attracted the attention and objections of an art connoisseur (who was overruled by a covey of other art critics and the Encyclopaedia Britannica...
Illustrating his procedure by picking up a candlestick, Rorimer demonstrates the connoisseur's approach: "My first question would be,-'What did this candlestick really look like originally?' I developed such a passion for cleaning art objects that museum people use to call me 'Mr. Sapolio.' Then I'd ask, 'How did it look in its original setting?' I'd try to reconstruct the setting in my mind. Now in a museum you can actually give some idea of the original setting - not much, but some. For instance, some doors...