All the beauty in the world : a museum guard's adventures in life, loss and art /
by Bringley, Patrick.
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BookPublisher: London : Vintage, 2024Description: 240 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781529924596 (pbk.) :; 1529924596 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 708.1471 BRISubject(s): Bringley, Patrick | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY) | Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York | Art and Design | Art and Design | The arts: general issues | History of art | Autobiography: arts & entertainment | MemoirsSummary: Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase into New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They're the guards in dark blue suits, keeping careful watch over this vast treasure house. Caught up in the early days of a glamorous journalism career, Patrick Bringley never thought he'd be one of them. Then his brother was diagnosed with fatal cancer and he needed to escape the mundane clamour of daily life. So he quit, and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew. To his surprise, this temporary refuge becomes his 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, and discovers how restorative art can be.
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 708.1471 BRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 25/10/2024 | 003121105X |
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| 704.9497 BES The art of punk | 707.11 MAN Study skills for art, design and media students | 707.5 HOO Rogues' gallery : a history of art and its dealers / | 708.1471 BRI All the beauty in the world : a museum guard's adventures in life, loss and art / | 709 COL Collins big book of art: from cave art to pop art | 709 GOM The story of art | 709 JAN History of art for young people |
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Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase into New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They're the guards in dark blue suits, keeping careful watch over this vast treasure house. Caught up in the early days of a glamorous journalism career, Patrick Bringley never thought he'd be one of them. Then his brother was diagnosed with fatal cancer and he needed to escape the mundane clamour of daily life. So he quit, and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew. To his surprise, this temporary refuge becomes his 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, and discovers how restorative art can be.
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