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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:ca. 1660-1680 CEMedium:gold, gold leaf, paper, watercolor, watercolor paintingTradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:GolcondaRepository:The Metropolitan Museum of Art Purchase, Rogers Fund, Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen Gift, in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, and Ehsan Yarshater Gift, 1992Subject:BuraqKeywords:Animals, Illustration, Islam, Portrait, Women, Painting
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The Prophet's Mosque (Al-Masjid al-Nabawi)
Date:622 CEMedium:brass, marble, variegated marble, architectureTradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:MedinaRepository:See NotesKeywords:Architecture, Islam, Mosque, Pilgrimage, Worship -
Stations of the Cross
Storm, KatroDate:2009 CEMedium:acrylic paint, canvas board, wood, spray paintingTradition:Anglican, Roman Catholic, LutheranPlace of Origin:BridgeportSubject:Stations of the CrossKeywords:Cross, Crucifixion, Painting, Lent, The Passion, Christ -
Kaaba (Ka'aba)
Date:ca. 2130 BCEMedium:cloth, silk, metal, granite, limestone, marble, architecture, pilgrimages, religious ceremoniesTradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:MeccaRepository:See NotesKeywords:Architecture, Islam, Mosque, Pilgrimage, Worship -
Paul Czolgosz, Father of McKinley Assassin
Charles Horton & Co.Date:1902 CEPlace of Origin:United StatesRepository:L. Vernon Briggs, The Manner of the Man That Kills (Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1921).Subject:Paul CzolgoszKeywords:Assassination, Father, Photograph, Portrait -
Portrait of Sor María Anna de San Ignacio
Alzibar, José deDate:1793 CEMedium:canvas, oil paint, oil paintingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:MéxicoRepository:Szépművészeti Múzeum / Museum of Fine Arts, BudapestKeywords:Jewelry, Nuns, Portrait, Virgin Mary, Christ, Painting -
Escudo de Monja (Nun's Insignia), Virgin of Balvanera
Date:18th century CEMedium:silk, thread, silver thread, tortoise shell, embroideringTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:MéxicoRepository:Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico CitySubject:Virgin MaryKeywords:Devotion, Jewelry, Nuns, Virgin Mary, Women, Embroidery -
Adonai Adidas T-Shirt
Date:21st century CEMedium:cotton, screen printingTradition:JewishPlace of Origin:AnaheimRepository:ShmattesKeywords:Adonai, Commodity, Taga, Hebrew -
Leon F. Czolgosz, McKinley Assassin
Date:1901 CEMedium:photographic gelatin, glass, paperPlace of Origin:BuffaloRepository:George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and FilmSubject:Leon F. CzolgoszKeywords:Anarchism, Assassination, Photograph, Portrait -
Bertillon Card for Leon F. Czolgosz
Date:1901 CEPlace of Origin:BuffaloRepository:The Buffalo History MuseumSubject:Leon F. CzolgoszKeywords:Assassination, Anthropometry, Bertillon Card, Criminal Justice, Portrait, Photograph -
Byzantine Frescoes, Reinstallation Concept
Menil, François deDate:2012 CETradition:OrthodoxPlace of Origin:New YorkRepository:Francois de Menil ArchitectKeywords:Chapel, Virgin Mary, Architecture, Byzantine, Fresco, Christ -
Byzantine Fresco Chapel
Menil, François deDate:1997 CEMedium:glass, steel, limestone, wood, architecture, fresco painting, mural painting, panel paintingTradition:OrthodoxPlace of Origin:HoustonRepository:See NotesSubject:ChapelKeywords:Architecture, Byzantine, Chapel, Christ Pantocrator, Fresco, Virgin Mary the Panayia