All the beauty in the world : the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me / Patrick Bringley.

By:

Bringley, Patrick

still image
text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1982163305
9781982163303

Other title:

Metropolitan Museum of Art and me

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Autobiographies

DDC classification:

708.147/1 23/eng/20230110

LOC classification:

N610 .B75 2023

Contents:

The grand staircase -- Windows -- A Piet{grave}a -- Of millions of years -- Further shores -- Flesh and blood -- Cloisters -- Sentinels -- Kouros -- The veteran -- Unfinished -- Days' work -- As much as I can carry.

Summary: "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 publisherSummary: "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

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	N610 .B75 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001535441

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226).

"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

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