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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 Story of a Life

Orchardson, William Quiller
Date:
1866 CE
Medium:
oil paint, canvas, oil painting
Tradition:
Anglican
Place of Origin:
England
Repository:
Yale Center for British Art
Keywords:
Nuns, Monastic, Victorian, Embroidery, Painting, Convent
Islamic Center of Murfreesboro

Neuhoff Taylor Architects
Date:
2012 CE
Tradition:
Islamic
Place of Origin:
Murfreesboro
Keywords:
American Islam, Generic, Architecture
Skull boxes

Date:
18th-19th centuries CE
Medium:
paint, wood
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Keywords:
Death, Mourning, Commemoration, Memorial
Christ with a tau cross standing on top of the world

Haidt, John Valentine
Date:
1743 CE
Medium:
ink
Tradition:
Moravian
Place of Origin:
Pennsylvania
Repository:
Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Subject:
Christ
Keywords:
Cross, Fons Vitae, Blood, Wounds, Drawing, Christ
The Chart of the Magic Presence

DaCamara, May
Date:
1935 CE
Tradition:
I AM
Place of Origin:
Chicago
Repository:
Public Domain
Keywords:
Guy and Edna Ballard, Chart, New Religions, Ascension, Meditation, Saint Germain Press
Deposition

Weyden, Rogier van der
Date:
ca. 1438 CE
Medium:
oil paint, oil painting, panel painting
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Leuvense Vaart
Repository:
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Subject:
Deposition
Keywords:
Northern Renaissance, Altarpiece, Christ, Death, Painting
Lamentation (after Raphael)

Raimondi, Marcantonio
Date:
ca. 1515 CE
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Roma
Repository:
London, The Warburg Institute
Subject:
Lamentation
Keywords:
Renaissance, Raphael, Christ, Death, Print
Lamentation

Sarto, Andrea del
Date:
1524 CE
Medium:
oil paint, oil painting
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Italy
Repository:
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti)
Subject:
Lamentation
Keywords:
Renaissance, Mourning, Monastic, Grief, Painting
Lamentation

Bartolommeo, Fra
Date:
1511-1512 CE
Medium:
oil paint, oil painting
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Italy
Repository:
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti)
Subject:
Lamentation
Keywords:
Renaissance, Mourning, Monastic, Grief, Painting
Lamentation

Nelli, Plautilla
Date:
ca. 1550 CE
Medium:
oil paint, oil painting
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Siena
Repository:
Museo di San Marco
Subject:
Lamentation
Keywords:
Renaissance, Mourning, Monastic, Grief, Painting
Kongo Triple Crucifix

Date:
17th-19th centuries CE
Medium:
wood, brass, copper, opaque white pigment, metalworking
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Congo
Repository:
Image © The Metropolitan Museum of New York
Subject:
Crucifixion
Keywords:
Power, Royalty, Devotion, Prestige, Cross, Crucifix
Bamberg Rider

Date:
ca. 1230 CE
Medium:
stone
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Bamberg
Repository:
Wikipedia Commons
Subject:
Equestrian
Keywords:
Wild Man, Cathedral, Royalty, Middle Ages, Sculpture