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All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
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A best book of the year from New York Public Library, NPR, the Financial Times, Book Riot, and the Sunday Times (London).
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.
Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They’re the guards who roam unobtrusively in dark blue suits, keeping a watchful eye on the two million square foot treasure house. Caught up in his glamorous fledgling career at The New Yorker, Patrick Bringley never thought he’d be one of them. Then his older brother was diagnosed with fatal cancer and he found himself needing to escape the mundane clamor of daily life. So he quit The New Yorker and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew.
To his surprise and the reader’s delight, this temporary refuge becomes Bringley’s home away from home for a decade. We follow him as he guards delicate treasures from Egypt to Rome, strolls the labyrinths beneath the galleries, wears out nine pairs of company shoes, and marvels at the beautiful works in his care. Bringley enters the museum as a ghost, silent and almost invisible, but soon finds his voice and his tribe: the artworks and their creators and the lively subculture of museum guards—a gorgeous mosaic of artists, musicians, blue-collar stalwarts, immigrants, cutups, and dreamers. As his bonds with his colleagues and the art grow, he comes to understand how fortunate he is to be walled off in this little world, and how much it resembles the best aspects of the larger world to which he gradually, gratefully returns.
In the tradition of classic workplace memoirs like Lab Girl and Working Stiff, All The Beauty in the World is a surprising, inspiring portrait of a great museum, its hidden treasures, and the people who make it tick, by one of its most intimate observers.
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All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
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Original price was: $28.99.$16.39Current price is: $16.39.
sugarbelle –
Wow! What a fantastic book. One of the best books I’ve ever read, and I’ve been an avid reader from childhood. This was not just something to read, but an immersive experience. I really felt like I was there, walking through the galleries at the Met, drinking in all the amazing art works. I’m also an artist, but this really broadened my horizons and opened my eyes to art in a way I’d never thought of before. Now I have a deep longing to also be a Met guard, and a sadness knowing that will never be…. But I’m so grateful to the author for sharing his story and enriching my life with his thoughts on life and art. Amazing writer, amazing book!!
Cliente Amazon –
El narrador combina situaciones de su vida y explicaciones de grandes obras de arte con una sensibilidad maravillosa.
Aprendes de arte y de la vida, sin dejar de tener una sonrisa y un cariño por todas las personas que aparecen.
Un islote de dolor belleza y bondad.
A Reader in a Major City –
Bringley nails the eerie and false feeling of being a rising young thing at The New Yorker and then realizing he hadn’t read a single book by either of the two famous authors he had just introduced to one another. After his brother’s tragic, young death he decides he’s had it, and he leaves that so-called dream job to do something far more mundane… being a security guard, albeit in a place of great beauty. I have shared Bringley’s feelings, having rubbed shoulders myself with famous authors about whom, if I’m honest, I really didn’t give a fig. Meeting stars isn’t important to me, but engaging with their work is, and this book is ALL about engaging with the work! I’ve been burbling like a kid telling my friends to read it, and that word-of-mouth is what really makes a book sell (they call it buzz, and I’m honored to be part of said buzz).
Carol A. O’Connor –
As a museum volunteer and frequent international museum visitor, I found this book to be an amazing insight into how to see a work of art and allow the smallest detail to impact your life in a profound way. It is also a book of love, loss, heartache and healing – and an homage to the great Met and the amazing people who watch over the magnificent works that make it great. Quite a lot in one book that will stay with you and change your visits to a museum for rest of your life.
me –
For a young writer, he described the Met well and the characters that came and went in the museum. I don’t think I will pass a museum guard the same after reading this book. I can’t wait to go to the Met now with a slightly different perspective.
N –
A lovely book about a guard who for ten years looked at the art at the Met. His insight was astounding and touching.
Nancy in New Jersey –
For people who love art museums, this is an interesting read, especially the first half. It provides great insights about the experiences of security guards and tells a sad but insightful personal story. However the second half of the book lost focus. Even though there were still some enjoyable discussions of various rooms and artworks, it felt more like an art history lesson than a compelling analysis of the author’s experience.
Booky –
Ein Buch über Kunst? Über ein Museum? Über Trauer? Über Schönheit?
Für mich ein Buch zum langsamen, aufmerksamen Lesen und zum Nachdenken über das Leben.
Eine ungewöhnliches und inspirierendes Werk. Leider wird es auf Deutsch wie ein Esoterikratgeber vermarktet. Die Originalausgabe in Englisch ist zu bevorzugen.
Selene –
This is a lovely, moving book: a testament to the healing power of art, and the painful gift of love. My only complaint would be the absence of photographs. There are drawings by a contemporary artist, which are skilfully done, but they are not really a substitute for the works of art celebrated here. But the author gives all the details at the back of the book, so it’s easy to find them.
Book Addict –
This is an interesting behind the scenes view of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. I have been there many times and still don’t know where everything is. Well-written and lots of little details for those of us who are curious (nosey).
The book was purchased as used. It was in pretty good shape but someone should have wiped down the dust jacket which was a little grody. And several dog-eared pages. Otherwise, in good shape. I have used this seller several times before and will continue to do so. Thanks!
KS –
Good book
P. J. Shelhamer –
What a wonderful book that shares the healing quality of art. It is well written. I have even purchased two copies so that I could share it!
Pam Albert –
I felt this creation we so well written. It takes one into so many different worlds on a cognitive, emotional and educational level.