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The Gemma Augustea is a low-relief cameo engraved gem cut from a double-layered Arabian onyx stone. [1] One layer is white, while the other is bluish-brown. The painstaking method by which the stone was cut allowed minute detail with sharp contrast between the images and background, also allowing for a great deal of shadow play.
In New York one of the heads is interpreted as "a wind god, perhaps intended as a personification of the summer winds that brought the corn fleet from Egypt to Rome and so an oblique reference to Augustus’s annexation of Egypt after the defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium in 31 B.C.". [13] Cameo detail showing the royal diadem.
They were very popular in Ancient Rome, especially in the family circle of Augustus. The most famous stone "state cameos" from this period are the Gemma Augustea, the Gemma Claudia made for the Emperor Claudius, and the largest flat engraved gem known from antiquity, the Great Cameo of France.
There is a small group of spectacular imperial engraved gems, cameos carved in contrasting colours of stone.These are sometimes called "State Cameos", [11] that presumably originated, and were probably only seen, in the inner court circle of Augustus, as they show him with divine attributes that were still politically sensitive, and in some cases have sexual aspects that would not have been ...
The large Gemma Augustea appeared in 1246 in the treasury of the Basilique St-Sernin, Toulouse. In 1533, King François I appropriated it and moved it to Paris, where it soon disappeared around 1590. Not long thereafter it was fenced for 12,000 gold pieces to Emperor Rudolph II; it remains in Vienna, alongside the Gemma Claudia.
Four arrests have been made in Clark County, Ohio, potentially in connection with the burglary at Cincinnati Bengals star Joe Burrow's Ohio home on Dec. 9.. According to Clark County court records ...
Rome Flynn scores 22 points, wins MVP honors at All-Star Celebrity Game. Sports. Associated Press. Left-hander Cole Ragans, Royals agree to 3-year, $13.25M contract. Weather. Weather. Fox Weather.
Rome Flynn scores 22 points, wins MVP honors at All-Star Celebrity Game. Sports. Associated Press. Left-hander Cole Ragans, Royals agree to 3-year, $13.25M contract. Weather. Weather. Fox Weather.