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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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Jadiya, Haricharan ManekchandMedium:colored glass, silver gilding, paintTradition:ShvetambarPlace of Origin:AhmadābādRepository:Private CollectionSubject:EyesKeywords:Shvetambar, Projection, Meditation, Ornamentation, Vision, Jina
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St. John the Evangelist
Medium:wood, gold leaf, paint, sculpture techniques, polychromyTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:OcongateSubject:St. John the EvangelistKeywords:Saints, Repurposed, Sculpture -
Machu Picchu
Date:1450s-1460s CEMedium:living rock, coursed ashlar, polygonal masonry, stoneworkTradition:IncaPlace of Origin:MachupicchuKeywords:World Heritage Site, New Age, Royalty, Architecture, Tourism, Inca -
The Cross of Motupe (La Cruz de Motupe)
Date:19th century CEMedium:lignum vitae, cloth, silver, metal, ribbon, processions, religious events, pilgrimagesTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:MotupeSubject:CrossKeywords:Pilgrimage, Popular Catholicism, Devotion, Wood, Cross, Procession -
Cathedral of Cuzco
Veramendi, Juan Miguel deDate:1564-1654Medium:building stone, ashlar, architectureTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:CuzcoKeywords:Cathedral, Architecture, Repurposed, Colonial -
100k Mile Marker along the Camino de Santiago
Date:20th century CEMedium:stone, ink, graffiti, pilgrimagesTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:SarriaKeywords:Pilgrimage, Santiago de Compostela, Commemoration, Graffiti -
Thousand-armed and Thousand-eyed Avalokiteshvara
Date:Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE)Medium:ink, paint, hemp, silk, paintingTradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:DunhuangRepository:British Museum (1919,0101,0.199, Ch.xxi.006)Subject:AvalokiteshvaraKeywords:Deities, Bodhisattva, Multiplicity, Compassion, Painting -
Parvati or some holy female at the ceremony of Linga Puja
Moor, EdwardDate:1810 CEPlace of Origin:LondonRepository:Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript LibraryKeywords:Imperialism, Print, Parvati, East India Company, Ritual -
Angel of the West
Voss-Andreae, JulianDate:2008 CEMedium:stainless steel, metalworkingPlace of Origin:La JollaSubject:AngelKeywords:Sculpture, Science, Metal, Antibody, Angels -
Madonna of the Fire
Date:15th century CEMedium:paper, paint, woodcut, hand coloringTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:ForlìRepository:Cathedral of Santa CroceSubject:Virgin MaryKeywords:Saints, Print, Miraculous, Virgin and Child, Virgin Mary, Pilgrimage -
Christ Crucified in the Gellone Sacramentary
Date:ca. 790 CEMedium:ink, paint, parchment, illuminated manuscriptsTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:FranceRepository:Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, cod. lat. 12048, fol. 143vSubject:ChristKeywords:Crucifixion, Angels, Manuscript, Monastic, Painting, Christ -
Te Amo heart
Date:ca. 2000 CERepository:Private CollectionSubject:LoveKeywords:Sacred Heart, Love, Kitsch, Souvenir