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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

The Martyrdom of Saint Serapion

Zurbarán, Francisco de
Date:
1628 CE
Medium:
oil paint, canvas, oil painting
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Repository:
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Keywords:
Painting, Saints, Spain, Death, Martyrdom, Martyrs
Diptych from The Resolution of the Suspect

Date:
2016 CE
Place of Origin:
Palestine
Keywords:
Israeli Occupation, Late Photography, Photography, Death, Martyrdom, Palestine, Israel-Palestine, Palestinian Occupied Territories
El Pozo de la Virgen (The Well of the Virgin), Chiquinquirá

Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Chiquinquirá
Keywords:
Virgin Mary, Rosary, Architecture, Pilgrimage, Miraculous, Well, Water, Holy Water
Muisca? Rock paintings called "The Devil's Stone"

Date:
13th-16th centuries CE
Medium:
living rock, paint
Tradition:
Muisca
Place of Origin:
Colombia
Keywords:
Rock painting, Pre-Columbian, Painting
Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá

Petrés, Fray Domingo de
Date:
1796-1823
Medium:
oil paint, canvas, marble, silver, architecture, oil painting
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Chiquinquirá
Keywords:
Virgin Mary, Rosary, Architecture, Pilgrimage, Miraculous, Ex-votos, Church, Painting
Church of Saint John the Baptist of Sutatausa

Date:
16th-early 17th centuries CE
Medium:
wood, paint, architecture, mural painting, painting, woodcarving
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Cundinamarca
Keywords:
Mural Painting, Church, Colombia, Colonial, Architecture, Donor Portraits, Parish Church
Church of Saint Francis of Bogotá

Date:
18th century CE
Medium:
oil paint, building stone, wood, gold leaf, architecture, painting
Tradition:
Franciscan
Place of Origin:
Bogotá
Keywords:
Church, Colombia, Colonial, Architecture, Franciscan
Church of Saint Augustine of Bogotá

Date:
1637-1688 CE
Medium:
wood, paint, building stone, oil paint, architecture, painting
Tradition:
Augustinian
Place of Origin:
Bogotá
Keywords:
Church, Colombia, Colonial, Architecture, Augustinian
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Langui

Date:
17th-18th centuries CE
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Peru
Keywords:
Church, Peru, Colonial, Architecture, Rebellion, Tupac Amaru
Church of St. Mary and St. Nicholas of Spalding

Scott, George Gilbert, I
Date:
13th-15th centuries CE
Medium:
limestone, wood, architecture
Tradition:
Church of England
Place of Origin:
Spalding
Keywords:
Stone spire, Architecture, Lincolnshire, Church, Medieval, Parish Church, Angel Roof, Angels
Church of St. Mary of Frampton

Fowler, Charles Hodgson
Date:
13th-14th centuries CE
Medium:
limestone, architecture
Tradition:
Church of England
Place of Origin:
Frampton
Keywords:
Stone spire, Architecture, Lincolnshire, Church, Medieval, Parish Church
Ceremonial Center at Tiwanaku

Date:
400-900 CE
Medium:
adobe, andesite, sandstone, architecture
Tradition:
Tiwanaku
Place of Origin:
Tiwanaku
Keywords:
Architecture, Pre-Columbian, Temple, Tiwanaku