02393cam a2200409 i 4500 769607746 TxAuBib 20230421120000.0 230202s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982163303 hardcover 1982163305 hardcover TxAuBib rda Bringley, Patrick,. All the beauty in the world : the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me / Patrick Bringley. Metropolitan Museum of Art and me. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023. ©2023. ix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226). 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. "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 explore 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 Museums hidden wonders-- and the people who make it tick."-- Adapted from jacket. 20230421. Bringley, Patrick. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Officials and employees Biography. Art museums New York (State) New York. Autobiographies. lcgft Biographies. lcgft