Kameja

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

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. 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