TAB Event - "The Art of Gem Engraving: From Alexander the Great to Napoleon III" Exhibition

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At Hakone Open Air Museum
Media: Crafts

Cameo and intaglio are the engraving techniques that started in the ancient Greco-Roman period. Throughout the long history of Europe, despite its constantly changing political climate, jewelries and items with engraving were always collected by the powers as a means to symbolize their glory. The first emperor of the Roman Empire, Augustus, Lorenzo de' Medici, also known as Medici the Magnificent, the Russian empress Ekaterina II, and the French emperor Napoleon I, all of these famous historical figures devoted their money and power to hold ownership of the most sophisticated work of art.

This exhibition focuses on works relating to those individuals who were taken by the beauty of cameo, as well as masterpieces from the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna and also from the Barland private collections. The exhibition also introduces the historical backgrounds of each work, unraveling some of the mysterious stories surrounding cameo.

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