Cameo Appearances

by James David Draper

The engraving of hardstones is a time-honored practice that goes back several millennia. The Greeks refined the art, and they introduced in about the fifth century b.c. what we now call cameos: precious and semiprecious stones carved in projected relief. As fanciful curiosities and as miraculous unions of art and nature, cameos have been prized and collected since ancient times. This book presents a selection of more than one hundred magnificently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300141459
• ISBN13: 9780300141450
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
• Length: 55 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 10.7"