Patrick Bringley's story — he jumped off the career ladder, deliberately taking a position divorced from ambition in order to find the space for quiet contemplation — is oddly suited to our times.
, Patrick Bringley's memoir about his ten years working as a guard at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, brings new meaning to the term"art appreciation." In the pantheon of winning books about the Met, it is right up there with E.L.
Drawn to"the most straightforward job I could think of in the most beautiful place I knew" — a job that promised room to grieve and reflect in the wake of his loss — Bringley arrived at the Met in the fall of 2008.
The"salmon run of visitors" that ascends the Grand Staircase every morning when the Museum opens adds up to a crowd of nearly 7 million visitors a year —"greater attendance than the Yankees, Mets, Giant, Jets, Knicks, and Nets combined," though less than the Louvre or the National Museum of China. Half are from overseas, and half of the United States citizens are from out of town.
Although not religious, Bringley is particularly drawn to sacred art from all over the world. He is especially moved by the"luminous sadness" of old Christian paintings. He admires the graceful broken body of a 15th century Italian Crucifixion by Fra Angelico, in which he finds a reminder that"we're mortal, that we suffer, that bravery in suffering is beautiful, that loss inspires love and lamentation.
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