![]() ![]() Today the term may be used very loosely for objects with no colour contrast, and other, metaphorical, terms have developed, such as cameo appearance. Originating in Bohemia, the finest examples were made by the French glassworks in the early to mid-nineteenth century. ![]() These are very difficult to make but were popular from the late 18th century through the end of the 19th century. This is then encased in a glass object, often a paperweight. An artist, usually an engraver, carves a small portrait, then makes a cast from the carving, from which a ceramic type cameo is produced. 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.Ī variation of a carved cameo is a cameo incrustation (or sulphide). It nearly always features a raised (positive) relief image contrast with intaglio, which has a negative image. 14-20 AD.Ĭameo ( / ˈ k æ m i oʊ/) is a method of carving an object such as an engraved gem, item of jewellery or vessel. Three-layered sardonyx cameo, Roman artwork, ca. Cameo of Roman Emperor Augustus wearing a gorgoneion and a sword-belt. ![]()
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