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Cameo (/ ˈ k æ m i oʊ /) 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. [ 1 ]
Cameo glass is a luxury form of glass art produced by cameo glass engraving or etching and carving through fused layers of differently colored glass to produce designs, usually with white opaque glass figures and motifs on a dark-colored background.
This article uses cameo in its strict sense, to denote a carving exploiting layers of differently coloured stone. The activity is also called gem carving and the artists gem-cutters . References to antique gems and intaglios in a jewellery context will almost always mean carved gems; when referring to monumental sculpture , the term counter ...
Cameo or CAMEO may refer to: Cameo appearance , a brief appearance of a known figure in a film or television show, metaphorically named after a cameo carving Cameo (carving) , a method of carving, making use of layers of different colours, or an item made with such a method
Tazza Farnese Tazza Farnese Gorgoneion. The Farnese Cup or Tazza Farnese is a 2nd-century BC cameo hardstone carving bowl or cup made in Hellenistic Egypt in four-layered sardonyx agate, now in the Naples National Archaeological Museum [1] It is a 20 cm wide and similar in form to a Greek phiale or Roman patera, with no foot.
The Blacas Cameo. The Blacas Cameo is an unusually large Ancient Roman cameo, 12.8 cm (5.0 in) high, carved from a piece of sardonyx with four alternating layers of white and brown. [1] It shows the profile head of the Roman emperor Augustus and probably dates from shortly after his death (aged 75) in AD 14, perhaps from AD 20–50. [2]
Bill Paxton's son James Paxton talks about his cameo in "Twisters," which is the sequel to "Twister," the 1996 film starring his dad.
The "Marlborough gem", onyx cameo (Boston Museum of Fine Arts)The "Marlborough gem" is a carved onyx cameo that depicts an initiation ceremony of Psyche and Eros. [1]It is the most famous engraved gem in the extensive and prominent collection both inherited (through a marriage in 1762) and expanded by George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough. [2]