The Church of the Panaghia tou Arakos at Lagoudhera, Cyprus

The Paintings and Their Painterly Significance

David Winfield

June Winfield

    The monastery church at Lagoudhera, Cyprus, is notable for an almost complete decoration of Byzantine wall painting, dated to 1192. These paintings present the finest surviving example of the elegant linear style of the second half of the twelfth century.
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  • Cover: The Church of the Panaghia tou Arakos at Lagoudhera, Cyprus