Doing connoisseurship. Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Introductory remarks

• Main Author: Joris Corin Heyder
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2021-06-01
• Series: Journal of Art Historiography
• Subjects: connoisseurship; practices; comparing; judging; practice theory; methodology
• Online Access: https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/heyder-intro.pdf

The introduction seeks to concretize and expand on crucial connoisseurial practices such as comparing or verbalising. Starting from the three domains of connoisseurship, namely the judgment of an artwork’s quality, the attribution to an artist, and the question whether the art work is an original or a copy, it becomes apparent that connoisseurial practices still play a remarkable role in art historical endeavors. This can be demonstrated with a look at the contributions, which are bringing together and reflecting both historical and current connoisseurial practices.