Cameo (carving)
small relief carving
A cameo is a kind of small sculpture. A cameo has an image in relief. The image is often a different colour to the background. An intaglio is the opposite of cameo.[1]
History
changeCameos with portraits of people were common in the jewellery of Classical Antiquity. This type of cameo was also common in the Renaissance.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chilvers, Ian, ed. (2004). "cameo". The Oxford Dictionary of Art (3rd online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198604761.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-860476-1.
