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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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Pococke, RichardDate:1743 CERepository:A Description of the East, and Some Other Countries, plate 59Keywords:Engraving, Book, Illustration
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Photograph of Abdel Hadi el-Gazzar at age eleven with his father and siblings
Date:1936 CEPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Collection of Laila Effat, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Photography, Portrait -
Photograph of Abdel Hadi el-Gazzar and members of the Contemporary Art Group at Hussein Yusuf Amin’s home
Date:1948 CEPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Collection of Laila Effat, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Photography, Students -
Preparatory sketches for Peace
Gazzar, ʻAbd al-Hadi al-Date:1963 CEMedium:ink, paperPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Collection of Laila Effat, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Sketch -
Space Man
Gazzar, ʻAbd al-Hadi al-Date:1964 CEMedium:ink, paperRepository:Collection of Tayseer el-Gazzar, Alexandria, EgyptKeywords:Sketch -
Electricity Station at High Dam
Gazzar, ʻAbd al-Hadi al-Date:1964 CEMedium:ink, paperRepository:Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Sketch -
Photograph of Abdel Hadi el-Gazzar visiting the High Dam with students
Date:1964 CEPlace of Origin:AswanRepository:Collection of Laila Effat, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Photography -
Photograph of Abdel Hadi el-Gazzar at Gauguin Exhibit at Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Date:1960 CEPlace of Origin:MunichRepository:Collection of Laila Effat, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Photography -
Abstraction
Gazzar, ʻAbd al-Hadi al-Date:c. 1960 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Collection of Fairouz el-Gazzar, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Painting -
Photograph of Abdel Hadi el-Gazzar in London
Date:c. 1956 CEPlace of Origin:City of LondonRepository:Collection of Laila Effat, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Photography -
Photograph of Abdel Hadi el-Gazzar with his wife, Laila, and daughters Tayseer and Yasmeen in Florence
Date:ca. 1958 CEPlace of Origin:FlorenceRepository:Collection of Laila Effat, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Photography -
Woman from the Primal Stage
Gazzar, ʻAbd al-Hadi al-Date:late 1940s CEMedium:ink, paperPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Collection of Laila Effat, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Sketch