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Although the centrality of the exhibited objects should not be ignored, the database makes. The Social Context of Greek Art strikingly unique. For "Scene of Theseus and the Minotaur" and others like it, the viewer can access Perseus to find out relevant information of the history of the object and its acquisition, as well as to look at high-quality photographs of the object...
...these sources to learn more about this particular storage jar and the culture that produced it. He or she can read about Theseus in its original primary text. He or she can look at other swords, vases and fashion from the period and other periods and compare them. Perseus thus opens up the questions and possibilities for analysis and study of Greek culture...
...Perseus photographs--between about 40 and 60 computer-scanned pictures of each work--show the piece from various angles. Each file includes perspectives otherwise inaccessible to the viewer, like shots from beneath; the database also includes zoom-in shots of astounding clarity...
Crane points to the differences in the meaning of "respect" as an example: respect for people and respect for Gods are two different words in Greek; furthermore, "respect" for a king connotes servility. Perseus makes word derivations far more available to the student, thereby radically changing another logistical problem formally intrinsic to this kind of study...
...addition to marking a shift in academic approaches, the integration of Perseus into the Fogg also indicates an increasing centrality for computers in Harvard museums. The Social Context of Greek Art marks the first time the Fogg has used computers in an exhibit. According to University Art Museums Deputy Director Frances A. Beane, it is "an innovation whose time has come," and it has met with no resistance from the Fogg...