{"id":84,"date":"2013-03-11T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T13:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/?p=84"},"modified":"2013-03-11T13:45:12","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T13:45:12","slug":"masterpieces-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Masterpieces III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming soon &#8211; opening 5th April 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Masterpieces is a series of exhibitions which showcase the treasures held by the University\u2019s libraries, museums, archives and galleries. This is the third and final exhibition in the series, in which we want to push the definition of a \u2018masterpiece\u2019 to its limits. Focusing on the overall theme of science and medicine, we have chosen items which we feel reflect the themes of \u2018science as innovation\u2019, \u2018science as art\u2019, and \u2018science as statement\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Euclid-1482_Centrepiece1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-86\" title=\"Euclid 1482_Centrepiece\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Euclid-1482_Centrepiece1-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Euclid-1482_Centrepiece1-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Euclid-1482_Centrepiece1-384x300.jpg 384w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Euclid-1482_Centrepiece1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Science as Art&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Euclid (c.300 BC), <em>Elementa Geometriae<\/em>, Venice 1482 and \u00a0<em>Elements of Geometry<\/em>, manuscript, 19<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Gravid-Uterus_Art1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-88\" title=\"Gravid Uterus_Art\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Gravid-Uterus_Art1-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Gravid-Uterus_Art1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Gravid-Uterus_Art1.jpg 715w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;Science as Innovation&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Hunter (1718-1783), <em>The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus Exhibited in Figures<\/em>, London 1774<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Norman-Dott_Statement2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-91\" title=\"Norman Dott_Statement\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Norman-Dott_Statement2-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Norman-Dott_Statement2-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/masterpiecesiii\/files\/2013\/03\/Norman-Dott_Statement2.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>&#8216;Science as Statement&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Case note folder from neurosurgeon Norman McOmish Dott (1897-1973), 1926-1963<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming soon &#8211; opening 5th April 2013. Masterpieces is a series of exhibitions which showcase the treasures held by the University\u2019s libraries, museums, archives and galleries. 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