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Anthony Gormley Sculpture And so it rains in Edinburgh... Dr Fred and cronies went climbing which is probably why it rained.  I went to the Scottish National Museum of Modern Art which had quite a pleasant collection - a few odd bits and pieces including a Peter Doig, Anthony Gormley and a nice Hockey - the grounds are nice and have a good selection of interesting sculpture.  The huge steel sculpture of Vulcan by Eduardo Paolozzi in the cafe was very impressive.  the vulcan I walked back into town through more impressive Edinburgh streets lined with amazing four and five storey high terraces and then the rain arrived so I decided to have a wander around the Scottish National Gallery which was full of quite marvellous overblown Renaissance and Dutch/Flemish art.          Much of it was early religious iconic based - and then a lot of quite wonderful Italian Renaissance art - not exactly the kind of stuff I'd hang in the house -...