Cameo
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- Cameo (/ˈkæmioʊ/) is a method of carving an object such as an engraved gem, item of jewellery or vessel. It nearly always features a raised (positive) relief image; contrast with intaglio, which has a negative image. Originally, and still in discussing historical work, cameo only referred to works where the relief image was of a contrasting colour to the background; this was achieved by carefully carving a piece of material with a flat plane where two contrasting colours met, removing all the first colour except for the image to leave a contrasting background.
A variation of a carved cameo is a cameo incrustation (or sulphide). An artist, usually an engraver, carves a small portrait, then makes a cast from the carving, from which a ceramic type cameo is produced. This is then encased in a glass object, often a paperweight. These are very difficult to make but were popular from the late 18th century through the end of the 19th century. Originating in Bohemia, the finest examples were made by the French glassworks in the early to mid-nineteenth century.
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Zeus mit Blitzbündel und Quadriga
Abguss des Kameo aus einem...
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Adlerkameo
Abguss des Adlerkameo aus...
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Gemma Augustea
Abguss des Kameo, der sog....
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Livia
Abguss des Kameo aus einem...
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Caligula und Roma
Abguss des Kameo aus einem...
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA
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