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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

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
Church of Curahuara de Carangas

Medium:
adobe, mural painting
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Curahuara
Keywords:
Mural Painting, Bolivia, Church
Church of Carabuco

Date:
16th-18th centuries
Medium:
canvas, adobe, oil paint, gold leaf, wood, mural painting
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Carabuco
Keywords:
Mural Painting, Mission, Bolivia, Cross, Painting, Hell, Last Judgment, Heaven, Purgatory
Grey Cross with Blue

O'Keeffe, Georgia
Date:
1929 CE
Medium:
oil paint, canvas, painting
Repository:
Albuquerque Museum
Keywords:
Cross, Georgia O'Keeffe, Penitentes, Puebla
Cross with Red Sky (Black Cross with Red Sky)

O'Keeffe, Georgia
Date:
1929 CE
Medium:
oil paint, canvas, painting
Repository:
Private Collection.
Keywords:
Cross, Georgia O'Keeffe, Penitentes, Puebla
Black Cross with Stars and Blue

O'Keeffe, Georgia
Date:
1929 CE
Medium:
oil paint, canvas, painting
Repository:
Private Collection.
Keywords:
Cross, Georgia O'Keeffe, Penitentes, Puebla
Penitente Cross and Morada behind Mabel Dodge Luhan’s property at Taos

Date:
ca. 1924-50 CE
Tradition:
Hermanos de la Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno (Penitentes)
Place of Origin:
Taos
Repository:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Keywords:
Cross, Georgia O'Keeffe, Penitentes, Puebla
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul of Kirton-in-Holland

Hayward, William, Fowler, Charles Hodgson
Date:
13th century CE
Medium:
limestone, architecture
Tradition:
Church of England
Place of Origin:
Kirton
Keywords:
Medieval, Parish Church, Architecture, Church
Church of St. Mary of Sutterton

Date:
mid 12th to early 13th century CE
Medium:
limestone, architecture
Tradition:
Church of England
Place of Origin:
Sutterton
Keywords:
Medieval, Parish Church, Architecture, Church, Crossing tower, Stone spire