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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

Mural at Elliot Hospital

Dickerson, Julie
Date:
2010 CE
Medium:
acrylic paint, mural painting
Place of Origin:
Manchester
Keywords:
Animals, Fountain, Mural, Nature, Water, Healing
Mariana

Millais, John Everett
Date:
1851 CE
Medium:
oil paint, mahogany, mural painting
Tradition:
Anglican
Place of Origin:
England
Repository:
Tate Gallery
Keywords:
Embroidery, Women, Painting, Stained glass, Pre-Raphaelite
The Nun

Orchardson, William Quiller
Date:
ca. 1866 CE
Medium:
oil paint, oil painting
Tradition:
Anglican
Repository:
Private Collection.
Keywords:
Nuns, Victorian, Painting, Pre-Raphaelite, Architecture, Stained glass
Frontal band

Date:
early 14th century CE
Medium:
linen, silk, embroidering
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
England
Repository:
© Victoria and Albert Museum
Keywords:
Opus Anglicanum, Embroidery, Nuns, Text, Ornamentation
Ceremonial Crosses of Countess Gertrude and Count Liudolf

Date:
ca. 1038 CE
Medium:
gold, enamel, gemstone, pearl, wood, enamel, metalworking
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Lower Saxony
Repository:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Subject:
Cross
Keywords:
Cross, Romanesque, Procession, Ritual, Ornamentation
Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude

Date:
ca. 1045 CE
Medium:
gold, enamel, porphyry, pearl, gemstone, wood, enamel, metalworking
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Lower Saxony
Repository:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Keywords:
Portable Altar, Romanesque, Ritual, Ornamentation, Altar
The Crucifixion

Eakins, Thomas
Date:
1880 CE
Medium:
oil paint, oil painting
Place of Origin:
Philadelphia
Repository:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Subject:
Crucifixion
Keywords:
Christ, Painting, Death, Suffering, Crucifixion, Realism
Madonna of the Chair (after Raphael)

Medium:
plaster of Paris
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Repository:
Private Collection.
Subject:
Virgin Mary
Keywords:
Sculpture, Devotion, Christ, Raphael, Virgin Mary, Chalkware
Madonna of the Chair (after Raphael)

Medium:
paint, gilt paint, plaster
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Repository:
Private Collection.
Subject:
Virgin Mary
Keywords:
Chalkware, Sculpture, Christ, Devotion, Raphael, Virgin Mary
Madonna and Child

Fenner, Alice Cranston
Date:
1946 CE
Medium:
plaster
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
New Preston
Repository:
Private Collection.
Subject:
Virgin Mary
Keywords:
Sculpture, Devotion, Christ, Virgin Mary, Chalkware
Evening Prayers

Fenner, Alice Cranston
Date:
1940s CE
Medium:
plaster, wax
Tradition:
Christian
Place of Origin:
New Preston
Repository:
Private Collection.
Subject:
Prayer
Keywords:
Sculpture, Devotion, Children, Prayer, Text, Chalkware
Nativity Home Shrine

Date:
mid 20th century CE
Medium:
plaster, wood, glass
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Repository:
Private Collection.
Keywords:
Sculpture, Home Altar, Shrine, Nativity, Altar, Chalkware