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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

Parvati or some holy female at the ceremony of Linga Puja

Moor, Edward
Date:
1810 CE
Place of Origin:
London
Repository:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Keywords:
Imperialism, Print, Parvati, East India Company, Ritual
Angel of the West

Voss-Andreae, Julian
Date:
2008 CE
Medium:
stainless steel, metalworking
Place of Origin:
La Jolla
Subject:
Angel
Keywords:
Sculpture, Science, Metal, Antibody, Angels
Madonna of the Fire

Date:
15th century CE
Medium:
paper, paint, woodcut, hand coloring
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
Forlì
Repository:
Cathedral of Santa Croce
Subject:
Virgin Mary
Keywords:
Saints, Print, Miraculous, Virgin and Child, Virgin Mary, Pilgrimage
Christ Crucified in the Gellone Sacramentary

Date:
ca. 790 CE
Medium:
ink, paint, parchment, illuminated manuscripts
Tradition:
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin:
France
Repository:
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, cod. lat. 12048, fol. 143v
Subject:
Christ
Keywords:
Crucifixion, Angels, Manuscript, Monastic, Painting, Christ
Te Amo heart

Date:
ca. 2000 CE
Repository:
Private Collection
Subject:
Love
Keywords:
Sacred Heart, Love, Kitsch, Souvenir
Jade Buddha for Universal Peace

Date:
2009 CE
Medium:
jade
Tradition:
Buddhist
Subject:
Buddha
Keywords:
Pilgrimage, Change, Peace, Transnational, Sculpture, Buddha
Chicken-Feeding Girl

Date:
12th century CE
Medium:
stone
Tradition:
Chinese Buddhist
Place of Origin:
Baoding Shan
Subject:
Hell
Keywords:
Karma, Afterlife, Animals, Sculpture, Women
Repurposed Choir Loft at Lake View Lutheran Church (ELCA)

Stade, Charles E.
Date:
2000s CE
Tradition:
Lutheran
Place of Origin:
Chicago
Keywords:
Repurposed, Innovation, Church, Change, Architecture
Death Cart (La Muerte en su Carreta)

López, Nasario
Date:
ca. 1860 CE
Medium:
gesso, leather, cottonwood, pine, woodcarving, religious events, processions
Tradition:
Hermanos de la Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno (Penitentes)
Place of Origin:
New Mexico
Repository:
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Subject:
Death
Keywords:
Penance, Death, Ritual, Sculpture
Buddha Image described as "King Udayana Image"

Date:
655 CE
Medium:
stone
Tradition:
Buddhist
Place of Origin:
Luoyang
Subject:
Buddha
Keywords:
King Udayana, True Portrait, Portrait, Sculpture, Buddha, Royalty
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