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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
A wonderfully thoughtful account of Bringley’s time as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His beautiful descriptions of the people and the art of the Met were so enjoyable to read, especially because his musings have a philosophical element that makes me consider how I approach art museums. The insight Bringley provides into the experience of spending hours and hours in near-silence, sometimes in galleries empty of people, are mesmerizing and make me want to become a museum guard myself!
How lucky am I to read two such well-written books in a row!
How lucky am I to read two such well-written books in a row!
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
reflective
slow-paced
I DNF at 38% mostly because my loan on Libby ran out but it also didn’t grip me enough to want to find how it continued. I may have connected better if I had a chance to visit the Met prior to reading. But it was entertaining people watching from a guards perspective and outrageous how many patrons don’t realize the golden rule of no touching!
Notable quotes
To look for distinctive characteristics is to ignore the greater part of what a work of art is.
The first step in any encounter with art is to do nothing, to just watch, giving your eye a chance to absorb all that’s there.
Ideally, for the first minute we shouldn’t think at all. Art needs time to perform its work on us.
He cannot believe how fresh this seven-hundred-year-old picture looks, especially after I explain that it was painted with a mixture of egg yolk and ground up vegetables, bugs, and stones. He finds that dizzying. “So was it found in… a cave?”
Notable quotes
To look for distinctive characteristics is to ignore the greater part of what a work of art is.
The first step in any encounter with art is to do nothing, to just watch, giving your eye a chance to absorb all that’s there.
Ideally, for the first minute we shouldn’t think at all. Art needs time to perform its work on us.
He cannot believe how fresh this seven-hundred-year-old picture looks, especially after I explain that it was painted with a mixture of egg yolk and ground up vegetables, bugs, and stones. He finds that dizzying. “So was it found in… a cave?”
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
I do love wandering around art museums for hours.