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Ancient and Renaissance cameos were made from semi-precious gemstones,[3] especially the various types of onyx and agate, and any other stones with a flat plane where two contrasting colours meet; these are "hardstone" cameos. In cheaper modern work, shell and glass are more common. Glass cameo vessels, such as the famous Portland Vase, were also developed by the Romans.
Modern cameos can be produced by setting a carved relief, such as a portrait, onto a background of a contrasting colour. This is called an assembled cameo. Alternatively, a cameo can be carved by the traditional, but far more difficult, method directly out of a material with integral layers or banding, such as (banded) agate or layered glass, where different layers have different colours.
Cameos are often worn as jewelry, but in ancient times were mainly used for signet rings and large earrings, although the largest examples were probably too large for this, and were just admired as objets d'art. Stone cameos of great artistry were made in Greece dating back as far as the 5th century BC.[5] The Farnese Tazza (a cup) is the oldest major Hellenistic piece surviving. They were very popular in Ancient Rome, especially in the family circle of Augustus. The most famous stone "state cameos" from this period are the Gemma Augustea, the Gemma Claudia made for the Emperor Claudius, and the largest flat engraved gem known from antiquity, the Great Cameo of France. Roman cameos became less common around in the years leading up to 300 AD, although production continued at a much reduced rate right through the Middle Ages.[6]
The technique has since enjoyed periodic revivals, notably in the early Renaissance, and again in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Neoclassical revival began in France with Napoleon's support of the glyptic arts, and even his coronation crown was decorated with cameos.
During the Roman period the cameo technique was used on glass blanks, in imitation of objects being produced in agate or sardonyx. Cameo glass objects were produced in two periods; between around 25 BC and 50/60 AD, and in the later Empire around the mid-third and mid-fourth century.[7] Roman glass cameos are rare objects, with only around two hundred fragments and sixteen complete pieces known,[7] only one of which dates from the later period.[8] During the early period they usually consisted of a blue glass base with a white overlying layer,[9] but those made during the later period usually have a colourless background covered with a translucent coloured layer.[8] Blanks could be produced by fusing two separately cast sheets of glass, or by dipping the base glass into a crucible of molten overlay glass during blowing.[9] The most famous example of a cameo from the early period is the Portland Vase.
Although occasionally used in Roman cameos, the earliest prevalent use of shell for cameo carving was during the Renaissance, in the 15th and 16th centuries. Before that time, cameos were carved from hardstone. The Renaissance cameos are typically white on a grayish background and were carved from the shell of a mussel or cowry, the latter a tropical mollusk.
In the mid 18th century, explorations revealed new shell varieties. Helmet shells (Cassis tuberosa) from the West Indies, and queen conch shells (Eustrombus gigas) from the Bahamas and West Indies, arrived in Europe. This sparked a big increase in the number of cameos that were carved from shells. Conch shells carve very well, but their color fades over time.
Classically the designs carved onto cameo stones were either scenes of Greek or Roman mythology or portraits of rulers or important dignitaries. In history, agate portrait cameos were often gifts from royalty to their subjects. These antique cameos, some more than 2000 years old, are either displayed in museums or are in private collections.
Many modern cameos are carved into layered agates. The layers are dyed to create strong color contrasts. The most usual colors used for two-layer stones are white on black, white on blue, and white on red-brown. Three-layer stones are sometimes made. The colors are usually black on white on black. The layers are translucent; this allows the artist to create shading effects by removing material to allow the background layer to show through. This way a very realistic, lifelike quality to a figure can be achieved. For example, thinning the top black layer on a three-layer stone changes its color to shades of brown. Removing material from the white layer creates shades of blue or grey, depending on the color of the base.
The majority of modern agate cameos are carved with the aid of the Ultrasonic Mill. This is a process where multiple copies of a master design can be produced very quickly by pressing a master die onto the agate cameo blank. A film of diamond slurry is used to aid cutting and the die vibrates ultrasonically in a vertical motion. The master is often hand carved by a skilled cameo artist.The result is a cameo that has a satin surface texture described as "freshly fallen snow" (FFS) by Anna Miller.[15] This texture and the lack of any undercutting are used by appraisers as markers to prove that the cameo is machine-made.
These cameos are carved by hand, usually working from photographs of the subject. The fact that there is usually only one copy made means that the tooling costs involved rule out the ultrasonic carving process.
Since the late 19th century, the species most used in good-quality cameos has been Cypraecassis rufa, the bullmouth helmet, the shell of which can be up to 6 inches long. In this species, the upper shell layer is whitish, and the lower shell layer is a rich orange-brown. Modern sources for this shell are Madagascar and South Africa. The finest hand-carving of these shells takes place in Italy.
Were way too distracting and pulled me out of the story. Instead of think Oh, hey, that's chef Terry, I just thought OMG, it's Olivia Coleman. Especially in the Christmas episode where it's crammed full of celeb cameos. I did love Jamie Lee Curtis's guest appearance though and Gilian Jacobs - I think these are the only ones that worked for me. I just found it weird in a show that's supposed to be so gritty and authentic to ram it so full of A-list faces in the second season. Who's with me?
These cameos is absolute worst part of Nathema Conspiracy. I could be convinced that some random no-name is so consumed by hatred to the Commander so bad they walk into obvious trap (smart of Scorpio to prey on crazy unstable people), but you can also get Darths Ravage, Mortis and Baras who did not get to be on the Dark Council by being naive, gullible and stupid. Ravage and Mortis always seemed rational and calculating. Baras was not just careful, the man was properly paranoid. Even if he was all "Eh, this dork with a ponytail has "Loser" written all over him, lets pretend I'm here to help and then snatch his cult away from him!" , I cannot imagine him go "Sure, I will absolutely go and sit here in the highly suspicious chair that has cables going to the big buzzing Evil Science doodad in the middle of the room, no problem!"
Insider compiled a list of all of his cameos in live-action Marvel projects (with some special animated cameos) and a bonus surprise DC cameo. His final Marvel cameo was in 2019's "Avengers: Endgame."
"This well-illustrated and carefully edited volume is a significant addition to the study of cameos. Offering a valuable corpus of comparanda and parallels for studying the glyptic art of the ancient world, it will delight connoisseurs as well as scholars and become indispensable to any research library." (Claudia Wagner, in: The Burlington Magazine, 161, November 2019, p. 969)
This catalogue of the largest collection of ancient cameos in private hands, represents forty years of collecting these historical documents in hardstone. While part of the collection was on public display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (1990-2000), the whole collection has never been shown. Several recent publications have made it possible to draw more precise conclusions based on a larger sample of cameos available for comparative study. This increased number of published cameos has allowed studies of the popularity of particular subjects at certain periods, of the development of styles and techniques, and of the relative popularity of some gem materials over time. The development of digital photography has enabled gem photographers to show undreamt-of detail, allowing much closer study of tool marks and even individual artists' hands.
Five Nights at Freddy's features plenty of Easter eggs and references that fans of the games will be aware of, including a slew of hidden cameos from major gaming YouTubers commonly associated with the franchise. While Five Nights at Freddy's is billed as a simple horror-thriller story in which animatronic animals come to life, the movie is based on an expansive series of video games. What began as a simple indie game in 2014 spawned into multiple sequels, spin-offs, and a surprisingly deep world with wide-reaching lore. Given that the 2023 Blumhouse film is based on such an expansive series, the Five Nights at Freddy's movie's video game changes are plenty.
That said, by the time of Five Nights at Freddy's ending, the film manages to include several elements that those knowledgeable about the games will recognize. From Five Nights at Freddy's' various Easter eggs of the games' lore to the iconic movements of the villainous robots, the film adequately recognizes its roots as an adaptation while working as a serviceable horror for those simply looking for a spooky time at the theater. Interestingly though, Five Nights at Freddy's goes deeper with its references through the inclusion of several cameos from popular YouTubers and online personalities that have long been linked with the world of Freddy Fazbear and his animatronic allies.
Of the handful of YouTube personalities who make cameos in Five Nights at Freddy's, only two of them are in-person, tangible appearances. The first of these is CoryxKenshin whose cameo was first revealed in the marketing for the Five Nights at Freddy's movie. In the film, CoryxKenshin plays a cab driver who gives a lift to one of the film's characters, Abby Schmidt, and a broken-down version of the titular Freddy Fazbear. This gives CoryxKenshin's cab driver a suitable fright which is symbolic of his connection to the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise that explains his cameo in the film.
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