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| Type of Object: | Wall Painting |
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| Materials: | Paint on Plaster |
| Measurements: | Various |
| Date or Period: | Byzantine |
| Maker: | Byzantine |
| Designated List Section: | VII Frescos/Wall Paintings |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 04/12/1999 |
| Photograph: | Department of Antiquities, Cyprus |
| Copyright: | Department of Antiquities, Cyprus |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| Wall paintings from the Byzantine period religious structures (churches, monasteries, chapels, etc.) Like the mosaics, wall paintings generally portray images of Christ, Archangels, and the Apostles in scenes of Biblical events. Surrounding paintings may contain animal, floral, or geometric designs. This example: Wall painting of Virgin Mary Orans attended by the Archangels, from the conch of the apse of the church of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis, Kakopetria. Early 11th century A.D. | |
| Keywords: | |
| ceremonial object, painting, religious object, |
