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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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Preti, MattiaDate:1656-1661 CEMedium:oil paint, paintingTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:NapoliRepository:Toledo Museum of ArtKeywords:Painting, Silver, Dress, Jewelry
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Ewer No.8
Date:1642 CEMedium:paper, etchingsPlace of Origin:NapoliKeywords:Silver, Print, Design, Etching -
A design impossible to execute in silver
Date:1642-1643 CEMedium:paper, etchingsPlace of Origin:NapoliRepository:British Museum Prints and DrawingsKeywords:Silver, Print, Design, Etching -
Small cup
Date:1712 CEMedium:silver, silversmithingRepository:Museo e Real Bosco di CapodimonteKeywords:Silver, Cup -
Mesciaqua Jug
Guariniello, BiagioDate:1698 CEMedium:silver, silversmithingRepository:Museo Diocesano AmalfiKeywords:Silver, Secular, Jug -
Table centerpiece (salt shaker)
Date:1704 CEMedium:silver, embossing, silversmithingPlace of Origin:NapoliKeywords:Silver, Centerpiece, Salt Shaker -
Cioccolateria
Date:1746 CEMedium:silver, engraving, embossingPlace of Origin:NapoliRepository:Museo e Real Bosco di CapodimonteKeywords:Silver, Coffee pot -
Nuovi inventioni d’ornamenti d’architettura e d’intagli diversi: utili ad argentieri, intagliatori, ricamatori et altri professori delle buone arti del disegno
Passarini, Filippo, Rossi, Giovanni Domenico deDate:1698 CEMedium:paper, etchingsPlace of Origin:RomaRepository:British Museum Prints and Drawings.Keywords:Engraving, Silver, Design, Bed -
The Feast of Absalom
Date:second half of 17th century CEMedium:oil paint, paintingPlace of Origin:MaltaRepository:Museo e Real Bosco di CapodimonteKeywords:Candlelight, Painting, Bible -
Celebratory mirror
Fantoni, AndreaDate:1695-1698 CEMedium:gilt paint, wood, silverPlace of Origin:BergamoRepository:Casa FantoniKeywords:Mirror, Silver, Mythology -
Saturn Devours a Son
Rubens, Peter PaulDate:1636-1638 CEMedium:oil paint, paintingPlace of Origin:MadridRepository:Museo del PradoKeywords:Painting, Mythology -
America from the Four Continents ensemble
Vaccaro, LorenzoDate:1695 CEMedium:silver, silversmithingPlace of Origin:NapoliRepository:Museo de la Catedral, ToledoKeywords:Silver, Commission, Allegory, Sculpture