You are here
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
-
Casonato, Amelia da FornoMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingPlace of Origin:AlexandriaRepository:Collection of Dr. Hussam Rashwan, Alexandria, EgyptKeywords:Painting
-
Portrait of Ahmed Rassim
Saʻīd, MahmūdDate:1918 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingPlace of Origin:AlexandriaRepository:Mahmoud Said Museum, Alexandria, EgyptKeywords:Painting, Portrait -
Samiha and Saad
Saʻīd, MahmūdDate:c. 1960 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingPlace of Origin:AlexandriaRepository:Collection of Samiha Lamerson, Walkersville, MarylandKeywords:Painting, Children -
-
Return from the Market
Mukhtar, MahmudDate:c. 1930 CEMedium:marble, sculptingPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Sculpture, Marble -
Khamasin
Mukhtar, MahmudDate:1929 CEMedium:cast stone, sculptingPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Sculpture, Stone -
Photograph of Mahmoud Mukhtar exhibition at Bernheim-Jeune Gallery
Date:1930 CEPlace of Origin:ParisRepository:Mahmoud Mukhtar Archive, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Photography, Exhibition -
Subscription card of the first model of Egypt’s Reawakening (Nahḍat Miṣr)
Date:1920 CEMedium:paperPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Mahmoud Mukhtar Archive, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Subscription card -
Photograph of Egyptian women protesting during the 1919 revolution
Date:1919 CEPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:al-Laṭāʾif al-MuṣawwaraKeywords:Photography, Protest -
Photograph of the “Festival of the Four Arts” at the École des beaux-arts
Date:1912 CEPlace of Origin:ParisRepository:Mahmoud Mukhtar Archive, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Photography -
Photograph of the first exhibit of student artwork from the Egyptian School of Fine Arts, Cairo Automobile Club
Date:1910 CEPlace of Origin:CairoRepository:Mahmoud Mukhtar Archive, Cairo, EgyptKeywords:Photography, Exhibition -