For the more discerning patron, it offered better seating at the price of tuppence or threepence.

Aristocrats were much more discerning patrons of the arts because they supported artists whose work they enjoyed individually.

Francesco was a lavish and discerning patron of music, and the composer Arcangelo Corelli dedicated his Op.

She however has heavyweight and discerning patrons of long standing.

According to Baldinucci, Giovanni and Antonio Susini continued to use Giambologna's models after the elder master's death to cast finely finished bronze sculptures for discerning patrons.

That impact is heightened by loans from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, where Seymour Knox was an early and discerning patron of the New York School.

There are, he admits, 15 or 20 projects that Edwin A. Schlossberg Inc. has had to back-burner for lack of discerning patrons.

Harrison really was a bit of an innovator and a very discerning patron to the British film industry, all things considered.

Olivetti, however, "were then the most discerning patrons of industrial building - anywhere," according to Rykwert, and Kahn was happy to work for a client as sophisticated as Olivetti.

His secretary was the antiquarian Cassiano dal Pozzo who was also a discerning patron of the arts.