All the beauty in the world : the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me / Patrick Bringley.
"A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard"-- Provided by publisher.
Only a few select people enjoy unrestricted access to every nook and cranny of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and among them are the guards who keep a watchful eye on the two-million-square-foot treasure house. For Bringley, the Museum was a temporary refuge that became his home away from home for a decade. Here he explores his tribe: the artworks and their creators and the subculture of museum guards. Though Bringley gradually returned to the larger world, here he explores the Museum's hidden wonders-- and the people who make it tick. -- adapted from jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982163303
- ISBN: 1982163305
- Physical Description: ix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226). |
Formatted Contents Note: | The grand staircase -- Windows -- A Pietà -- Of millions of years -- Further shores -- Flesh and blood -- Cloisters -- Sentinels -- Kouros -- The veteran -- Unfinished -- Days' work -- As much as I can carry. |
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Genre: | Biography. Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. |
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Homer Public Library | 708.147 BRI (Text) | 000174863 | Nonfiction | Available | - |