Kameja

Velika kameja Francuske, 5 slojeva sardoniksa, Rim, oko 23. godine, najveća antička kameja

Orao,Rimska kameja, 27. pr. Kr., dvoslojni oniks

Renesansna kameja, Afrički kralj, Italija, 16. stoljeće

Kameja je rezbareni minijaturni reljef u kamenu ili školjci, odnosno staklu. Često se nosi kao nakit. Izrađuje se u pozitivnom reljefu. Izvorno se kamejom smatra samo rad na kojem je reljefni ukras postavljen na kontrastno obojenoj pozadini.

Tehnika izrade

Stare su kameje najčešće izrađene od nekog poludragog kamena. U pravilu su za izradu korištene razne vrste ahata i oniksa, ali i bilo kakav drugi kamen sa slojevima kontrastnih boja .Kod jeftinih suvremenih kameja obično se koriste školjke i staklo, ili čak plastika.

Dodatna literatura

• Jarrett, Diana (2009). Cameos Old and New- 4th Edition. ISBN 978-0-943763-60-6 
• Miller, Anne (2003). Cameos Old and New. ISBN 0-442-00278-5 
• Draper, James (2009). Cameo Appearances: Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art. ISBN 978-0-300-14145-0 
• Scarisbrick, Dianna (2003). Classical Gems: Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-521-23901-1 
• Henig, Martin (1990). The Content Family Collection of Ancient Cameos-Ashmolean Museum. ISBN 978-1-85444-004-4 
• Fiorelli, Anna (1989). Corals and Cameos – The treasures of Torre Del Greco 
• Walters, H.B (1927). Catalogue of the Engraved Gems and Cameos, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman in the British Museum 
• Neverov, O (1971). Antique Cameos in the Hermitage Collection. Aurora Art Publishers 

Vanjske poveznice

• "Sculpture techniques: carving in semi-precious stone & shell". Sculpture. Victoria and Albert Museum. Inačica izvorne stranice arhivirana 21. lipnja 2011.. http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/semi-precious-carvings/ Pristupljeno 22. rujna 2007. 

• Cameo Appearances Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, 2004
• Cameo collection at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna | Gemma Augusta, Gemma Claudia, Herophiloska Cameo
• Antique Cameos in the Hermitage Museum
• How a portrait cameo in layered agate is made
• Gareth Eckley (cameo-artist)
• August Rudolf Wild 1891-1956, Gemmenschneider (cameo-artist)
• Gerhard Schmidt, Gemmenschneider (cameo-artist)
• Coral and Cameos Museum, Naples
• The Art of Cameos, Rock & Gem magazine, August 2014, by Helen Serras-Herman