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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. 2000 CERepository:Private CollectionSubject:LoveKeywords:Sacred Heart, Love, Kitsch, Souvenir
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Jade Buddha for Universal Peace
Date:2009 CEMedium:jadeTradition:BuddhistSubject:BuddhaKeywords:Pilgrimage, Change, Peace, Transnational, Sculpture, Buddha -
Chicken-Feeding Girl
Date:12th century CEMedium:stoneTradition:Chinese BuddhistPlace of Origin:Baoding ShanSubject:HellKeywords:Karma, Afterlife, Animals, Sculpture, Women -
Repurposed Choir Loft at Lake View Lutheran Church (ELCA)
Stade, Charles E.Date:2000s CETradition:LutheranPlace of Origin:ChicagoKeywords:Repurposed, Innovation, Church, Change, Architecture -
Death Cart (La Muerte en su Carreta)
López, NasarioDate:ca. 1860 CEMedium:gesso, leather, cottonwood, pine, woodcarving, religious events, processionsTradition:Hermanos de la Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno (Penitentes)Place of Origin:New MexicoRepository:Colorado Springs Fine Arts CenterSubject:DeathKeywords:Penance, Death, Ritual, Sculpture -
Buddha Image described as "King Udayana Image"
Date:655 CEMedium:stoneTradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:LuoyangSubject:BuddhaKeywords:King Udayana, True Portrait, Portrait, Sculpture, Buddha, Royalty -
The Story of a Life
Orchardson, William QuillerDate:1866 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingTradition:AnglicanPlace of Origin:EnglandRepository:Yale Center for British ArtKeywords:Nuns, Monastic, Victorian, Embroidery, Painting, Convent -
Islamic Center of Murfreesboro
Neuhoff Taylor ArchitectsDate:2012 CETradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:MurfreesboroKeywords:American Islam, Generic, Architecture -
Skull boxes
Date:18th-19th centuries CEMedium:paint, woodTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:Saint-Pol-de-LéonKeywords:Death, Mourning, Commemoration, Memorial -
Christ with a tau cross standing on top of the world
Haidt, John ValentineDate:1743 CEMedium:inkTradition:MoravianPlace of Origin:PennsylvaniaRepository:Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaSubject:ChristKeywords:Cross, Fons Vitae, Blood, Wounds, Drawing, Christ -
The Chart of the Magic Presence
DaCamara, MayDate:1935 CETradition:I AMPlace of Origin:ChicagoRepository:Public DomainKeywords:Guy and Edna Ballard, Chart, New Religions, Ascension, Meditation, Saint Germain Press -
Deposition
Weyden, Rogier van derDate:ca. 1438 CEMedium:oil paint, oil painting, panel paintingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:Leuvense VaartRepository:Museo del Prado, MadridSubject:DepositionKeywords:Northern Renaissance, Altarpiece, Christ, Death, Painting