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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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Date:999 CEMedium:brick, architectureTradition:Islamic, ChristianPlace of Origin:ToledoKeywords:Architecture, Mosque, Prayer, Islamic Spain, Moors
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The Fatted Calf
Tissot, JamesDate:1881 CETradition:ChristianPlace of Origin:FranceRepository:Yale University Art Gallery Gift of G. Allen Smith for the G. Allen Smith CollectionSubject:Prodigal SonKeywords:Print, Old Testament, Text, Scripture, Prodigal Son, Parable -
The Return
Tissot, JamesDate:1881 CETradition:ChristianPlace of Origin:FranceRepository:Yale University Art Gallery Gift of G. Allen Smith for the G. Allen Smith CollectionSubject:Prodigal SonKeywords:Print, Old Testament, Text, Scripture, Prodigal Son, Parable -
Civil Administration officers surround a Palestinian farmer
Date:2014 CEPlace of Origin:HebronKeywords:Photograph, Space, Borders, Israel-Palestine -
In Foreign Climes
Tissot, JamesDate:1881 CETradition:ChristianPlace of Origin:FranceRepository:Yale University Art Gallery Gift of G. Allen Smith for the G. Allen Smith CollectionSubject:Prodigal SonKeywords:Print, Old Testament, Text, Scripture, Prodigal Son, Parable -
The Departure
Tissot, JamesDate:1881 CETradition:ChristianPlace of Origin:FranceRepository:Yale University Art Gallery Gift of G. Allen Smith for the G. Allen Smith CollectionSubject:Prodigal SonKeywords:Print, Old Testament, Text, Scripture, Prodigal Son, Parable -
The parable of the Prodigal Son - Frontispiece
Tissot, JamesDate:1881 CETradition:ChristianPlace of Origin:FranceRepository:Yale University Art Gallery Gift of G. Allen Smith for the G. Allen Smith CollectionSubject:Prodigal SonKeywords:Print, Old Testament, Text, Scripture, Book, Prodigal Son -
Mask: The Bad Spirit
Date:late 19th century CEMedium:wood, paint, featherTradition:Yupik EskimoPlace of Origin:Saint MichaelRepository:Dallas Museum of ArtKeywords:Mask, Spirit -
Mask: Spirit Face
Date:late 19th century CEMedium:wood, paint, feather, gutTradition:Yupik EskimoPlace of Origin:AlaskaRepository:Dallas Museum of ArtKeywords:Mask, Spirit -
Kachina (tihu) depicting Palhik' Mana (Water Drinking Girl)
Date:probably 1920s CEMedium:wood, paint, yarnTradition:HopiPlace of Origin:ArizonaRepository:Dallas Museum of ArtSubject:Palhik' ManaKeywords:Palhik' Mana, Kachina, Katsina, Tihu, Dance -
Pututu (Incised Strombus-Shell Trumpet)
Date:400-200 BCEMedium:conchTradition:ChavínPlace of Origin:PeruRepository:Brooklyn Museum of ArtKeywords:Instrument, Andes -
Catedral de Toledo (Cathedral of Toledo)
Date:13th-16th centuries CEMedium:stained glass, architecture, carvingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:ToledoKeywords:Architecture, Cathedral, Gothic