A connoisseur (Fr. connaisseur, from Middle-French connoistre, then connaître meaning "to be acquainted with" or "to know somebody/something.")'s a person who's a great deal of knowledge about the fine arts, or an expert judge in matters of taste. Modern connoisseurship must be seen along with museums, art galleries and "the cult of originality". Connoisseurs evaluate works of art on the basis of aesthetic conclusions. Judgment informed by intuition's essential, but it must be grounded in… (More on Connoisseur)