Fifty Paintings by Anthony Ames

Fifty Paintings by Anthony Ames

This book illustrates fifty paintings (1986-2018) with a brief reference on each. The paintings inform or are informed by architectural works by the architect and others. There is an introduction by Andrea Simitch. The paintings depict object-types - general yet specific, generic yet designed, familiar yet estranged. They are Purist forms depicted in a still life landscape. The compositions employ overlap, convergence and diminution to imply depth resulting in the creation of the illusion of perspectival space. However, through the use of juxtaposition, superimposition and ambiguity of scale the perspectival effect is impaired. The result is a blurring of distinction between foreground and background that encourages a reading of pattern that reinforces the presence of the surface plane. A conflict is encouraged between the deep space and the shallow space - between the creation of implied space through perspective and the reinforcement of the surface plane through pattern. A multiple reading is fostered that rewards the careful observer.

Ames, Anthony: - Anthony Ames has maintained an architectural practice in Atlanta, Georgia since 1976. He received architectural degrees from Georgia Tech and Harvard University. He has taught at eleven universities and lectured at many more. Ames, a fellow of the American Academy in Rome and of the American Institute of Architects has received numerous architectural awards and has been widely published. See: Ames, Five Houses, (Princeton Architectural Press, 1987) and Ames, Residential Work: Volume 2, (ORO Editions, 2007). He began painting in 1984 and has been struggling with it ever since.

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ISBN 13	9781943532131
ISBN 10	1943532133
Title	Fifty Paintings
Author	Anthony Ames
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oro Editions
Year published	2021-09-24
Number of pages	132
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