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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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Davies, Arthur BowenDate:ca. 1915 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingTradition:SpiritualismPlace of Origin:United StatesRepository:Art Institute of ChicagoKeywords:New Religions, Theosophy, Pantheism, Nature, Painting
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Icon of Mary
Deliyianni, MarinaDate:2007 CEMedium:wood, egg tempera, gold leaf, panel paintingTradition:ProtestantPlace of Origin:CorfuRepository:Private CollectionSubject:Virgin MaryKeywords:Icon, Family, Virgin Mary, Painting -
Woman performing her devotion to the Hindu god Shiva
Date:late 18th century CEMedium:gouache, paperTradition:ShaivaPlace of Origin:RājasthānRepository:British Museum (1940,0713,0.52)Keywords:Music, Shiva, Puja, Linga, Painting, Ritual -
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Akers, Benjamin PaulDate:1860 CETradition:ProtestantPlace of Origin:RomaRepository:The Colby College Museum of ArtSubject:Saint Elizabeth of HungaryKeywords:Saints, Anti-Catholic, Sculpture, Polemic -
The Stations of the Cross: Lema Sabachtani
Newman, BarnettDate:1958-1966 CEMedium:oil paint, acrylic paint, canvas, oil painting, acrylic paintingRepository:National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.Keywords:Ritual, The Passion, Human Condition, Atheism, Painting -
The Virgin of Guadalupe, Extremadura, Spain
Date:late 12th century CEMedium:cedar, paint, textile materials, woodcarvingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:GuadalupeSubject:Virgin MaryKeywords:Virgin Mary, Seat of Wisdom, Pilgrimage, Sculpture, Imagen de vestir -
The Dolgellau Chalice and Patten
Date:ca. 1230-1250 CEMedium:silver, gilding, metalworkingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:DolgellauRepository:Keywords:Eucharist, British Catholicism, Monastic, Liturgical, Chalice, Patten -
Buddhist votive stele
Date:Northern Wei DynastyMedium:limestone, carvingTradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:ChinaRepository:Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (23.120)Keywords:Community, Laity, Monument, Family, Sculpture -
Ancestor portraits at Mogao Cave 231
Date:ca. 839 CEMedium:paint, mural paintingTradition:Chinese BuddhistPlace of Origin:DunhuangRepository:Wenwu chubansheSubject:AncestorsKeywords:Filial Piety, Devotion, Memorial, Parents, Painting, Mural -
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Medium:building stone, architectureTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:Santiago de CompostelaKeywords:Pilgrimage, Cathedral, Romanesque, Architecture, Baroque -
Amarumarcahuasi
Date:ca. 13th-15th centuries CEMedium:rock, living rock, carvingTradition:IncaPlace of Origin:CuzcoSubject:HuacaKeywords:Caves, Nature, Sculpture, Worship -
Barquitos del San Juan: La Revista de los Niños
Estévez Jordán, RolandoDate:2007 CEMedium:watercolor, yarn, cloth, plastic, wood, magazines, children's literatureTradition:SanteríaPlace of Origin:CubaRepository:Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Gilbreath-McLorn Museum Fund (Accession # 2009.39 a and b)Subject:OrishaKeywords:Mixed Media, Elegua, Children, Periodical, Deities