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cameo
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cameo. Small-scale sculpture in which the design stands in
relief above the surface. It is the opposite of
intaglio. Often, the term refers specifically to a portrait cut in a gemstone; this form was highly popular among the Greeks and Romans for jewellery and it was revived during the
Renaissance. Commonly a banded or multicoloured stone, such as agate, was used, in such a way as to exploit the different layers of colour—with one colour for the background and another for the carving, for example.
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Cameo Makes A Comeback ; Those Pretty Pieces That Once Belonged To Great-Grandma Are Finding A New Generation Of Fans.
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 5/15/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...from the Web site The Cameo Collection, women began collecting cameos to prove their cultural...to the history of a cameo. Shell cameos were popular during...tradition of the Italian cameo. Some people confuse cameos with intaglios, which...
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Cameos.(Current and coming)(art work)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...than one hundred cameos entitled Cameo Appearances is on...related mediums such as cameo glass, explains the differences between cameos and intaglios, and...inventory of 1588. This cameo is on view in the...nineteenth century cameos mounted in gold or...
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Cameos: Old & New.(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch; 3/1/2009; 539 words
; ...ranging and classifying cameos, reviews of cameo artists from around the...Program' with respect to cameos. Laced throughout with...of special interest to cameo enthusiasts and collectors, "Cameos: Old & New" is an...
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CAMEOS A CURRENT HIT FOR HIP IMAGE.(TV Magazine)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/23/1990; 700+ words
; ...wants to do a cameo - a quick walk...series that uses cameos frequently and...wasn't really a cameo. Sometimes the most intriguing cameos can be unbilled...highly promoted cameos help a show in...probably the cameo coup of this season...
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The Cameo: Art Carved
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...and jewelry stores. Cameo aficionados, says Tony...computers, but not with cameos. "People want old...Kubes says. Shell cameos will lose detail and...years. Hard-stone cameos, which are nearly indestructible...generations. It's the cameo's enduring quality...
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Cameo's International rescuer
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 11/24/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Festival has stepped in to help rescue the Cameo Cinema from closure. The rescue bid is...bid to create a bar- restaurant in the Cameo's main Screen One, the council would...The move has emerged in the wake of the Cameo's owners admitting their revamp plans...
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Victorian cameos
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; CAMEO IS A PORTRAIT...used to make early cameos. In the 19th century...materials. Other cameos of the Victorian...Victoria loved to wear cameo jewelry, and helped...translated into cameos that depicted flowers...Victorian woman was a cameo bearing her likeness...
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Italian Cameos
Magazine article from: Ambassador; 10/31/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...a finely crafted cameo. In existence for many centuries, cameos today are made with...collectors of cameos. Cameos were also extremely...apprentices the art of cameo carving. The History...a manufacturer of cameos and Venetian glassware...been involved in cameo engraving, an ...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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A triumphant cameo appearance.
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 7/18/2009; 675 words
; ...Byline: Bargain Hunter CAMEOS are one of those things...consider rather old hat. A cameo is a carving where the...technique of carving cameos goes back to Greek and Roman times. Roman cameo rings occasionally turn...rare, as are medieval cameos and those dating from...
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Paul Apel Elected to Cameo Board of Directors; CEO of New Wave Entertainment Brings Digital Video Experience to Company.
PR Newswire; 9/25/2001; 700+ words
; ...been elected to the board of directors of Cameo Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Western...the entertainment industry. Apel joins Cameo board members Matthew Massengill, president...administration of Western Digital Corp. Cameo president, Matt Milne, said, "Paul...
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Cameo
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Cameo A cameo is a kind of jewelry produced...In the eighteenth century cameos were made of onyx, sardonyx...1970. Miller, Anna M. Cameos Old and New. 3rd ed. Woodstock...Volume 1, Ancient Greece: Cameo and Intaglio ]
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Cameo and Intaglio
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Cameo and Intaglio Engraving stones for use as...creating raised designs on stones, called cameo. The Greeks engraved designs into a variety...also developed methods of both intaglio and cameo engraving. Roman jewelers in the first century...
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cameo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cameo , small relief carving, usually on striated...background. Glass of two colors in layers may be cameo-cut; a famous Roman example is the Portland...was revived during the Renaissance, and cameo jewelry was a vogue of the Victorian era...
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cameo cat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cameo cat see cat .
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CHF Industries, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...bedding that dated back to the 1920s. Cameo Interiors, a higher-end maker of bedroom...roughly 3,500 employees. The high-end Cameo unit was retooled to be more responsive...by extending into the bedding market. Cameo had sales of roughly $50 million a year...
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