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Material Objects Archive
Objects, images, and a proliferation of materialities engage bodies and minds, events and ideas, in ways both profound and subtle. Material objects, especially as they are activated in religious practices broadly conceived, are situated at the heart of MAVCOR. This Material Objects Archive offers an ever-expanding online gallery of such objects. We invite you to use it as a tool for thinking and teaching, researching and writing—and we welcome your suggestions and contributions to this collaborative enterprise.
In 2017, MAVCOR initiated the MAVCOR Digital Spaces Project, documenting sacred spaces via 360º panorama (360s) and high resolution giga-pixel (Zooms) photography. You can view all Digital Spaces Project 360s and Zooms here, or you can check the appropriate box in the Material Objects Archive search to view affiliated material objects.
Material Objects
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Saʻīd, MahmūdMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingPlace of Origin:AlexandriaRepository:Mahmoud Said Museum, Alexandria, EgyptKeywords:Portrait, Painting
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Princess
Mukhtar, MahmudDate:1925-1930 CEMedium:marble, sculptingPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Sculpture, Marble -
Egypt’s Reawakening
Mukhtar, MahmudDate:1920-1928 CEMedium:pink granite, sculptingPlace of Origin:GizaKeywords:Granite, Pink Granite, Sculpture -
The City
Saʻīd, MahmūdDate:1937 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Painting -
On the Canal Banks
Mukhtar, MahmudDate:c. 1930 CEMedium:marble, sculptingPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Sculpture, Marble -
An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child
Bonnat, LéonDate:1869-70 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingPlace of Origin:ParisRepository:The Metropolitan Museum, New York, New YorkKeywords:Painting, Motherhood, Maternity -
The Prosperity of Egypt
Hunt, William HolmanDate:1860s CERepository:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven, ConnecticutKeywords:Allegory, Etching -
Fellah women drawing water from the banks of the Nile
Arnoux, HippolyteDate:1880 CEMedium:albumen paper, albumen process, photographyRepository:Ken and Jenny Jacobson Orientalist Photography Collection, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CaliforniaKeywords:Photography, Fellah -
Entrance at the Temple of Amun
Brockedon, William, Roberts, DavidDate:1846-49 CERepository:Egypt and NubiaKeywords:Lithography, Book, Illustration -
Women and Children of the Lower Classes
Lane, Edward WilliamDate:1833 CERepository:Manners of EgyptiansKeywords:Illustration, Book -
An Egyptian Woman Carrying Water from the Nile
Clark, J., Legh, ThomasDate:1817 CEKeywords:Aquatint, Print, Book, Illustration -
Women of Different Distinctions as They Appear on the Streets of Cairo
Dalton, RichardDate:1791 CERepository:Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt: With the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants from Drawings Made on the Spot, A.D. 1749Keywords:Engraving, Book, Illustration, Ethnology