Kameja

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.

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

Orao, Rimska kameja, 27.godina prije Krista, dvoslojni oniks

Renesansna kameja, Afrički kralj, Italija, 16. stoljeće

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. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2011-06-21. Pristupljeno 2007-09-22. 
• Cameo Appearances Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, 2004
• Cameo collection at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna | Gemma Augusta, Gemma Claudia, Herophiloska Cameo Arhivirano 2007-09-30 na Wayback Machine-u
• Antique Cameos in the Hermitage Museum
• How a portrait cameo in layered agate is made Arhivirano 2010-01-27 na Wayback Machine-u
• 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 Arhivirano 2016-10-05 na Wayback Machine-u