rod
rod (rod) n. one of the two types of light-sensitive cells in the retina of the eye (compare
cone). Rods are necessary for seeing in dim light. They contain the pigment rhodopsin, which is bleached in the light and regenerated in the dark. When all the pigment is bleached (i.e. in bright light) the rods no longer function. See also
dark adaptation,
light adaptation.
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An Artist against the Third Reich: Ernst Barlach, 1933-1938.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Artist against the Third Reich." Ernst Barlach, 1933-1938, by Peter Paret...Artist Against the Third Reich: Ernst Barlach, 1933-1938, Peter Paret provides...upon unpublished materials at the Ernst Barlach Stiftung in Gustrow, Germany...
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An Artist Against the Third Reich: Ernst Barlach, 1933-1938.(Art, Music, and Film)
Magazine article from: Shofar; 1/1/2004; 321 words
; An Artist Against the Third Reich: Ernst Barlach, 1933-1938, by Peter Paret. Cambridge: Cambridge...82138-X. The conflict between National Socialism and Ernst Barlach was an unusual episode in the history of Hitler's...
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Hitler's deadly art criticism
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/27/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...June 27, 2003 -- An Artist Against the Third Reich: Ernst Barlach 1933 -1938 by Peter Paret. Cambridge University Press...lectures devotes little more than one and a half to Ernst Barlach himself. Others deal with Hitler's attitudes toward...
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Looking gift horses in the eye
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/4/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Museum consists of 19 sculptures by German expressionist Ernst Barlach (1870- 1938). Mr. Steinberg, a business tycoon...and cartoonist Saul Steinberg, who died last month. ERNST BARLACH was a sculptor, illustrator and dramatist of immensely...
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Bridging the gap between people and policies [Derived headline]
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 9/14/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...10th-grader who attends the Ernst- Barlach-Gymnasium in Gstrow, a city...of a dozen students from the Ernst-Barlach- Gymnasium taking part in a...Two more students from the Ernst-Barlach-Gymnasium are studying here...
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Looted works of art left unclaimed
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 10/30/2000; 700+ words
; ...Ludwig Kirchner, White Dancer in a Cabaret, 1914; Henri Matisse, The Painting Session, 1919; Ernst Barlach, Walking Woman, 1909, Ernst Barlach, The Terrible Year, 1936; Georges Braque, The Candlestick, 1911; Giorgio de Chirico, The...
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T-Systems Places its Trust Worldwide on the Lan-Inspector by VisLogic.
PR Newswire Europe; 9/11/2006; 700+ words
; ...Kappel@t-systems.com, Address: VisLogic GmbH, Ernst-Barlach-Str. 23, 25358 Horst, Germany Contact partner...Kappel@t-systems.com, Address: VisLogic GmbH, Ernst-Barlach-Str. 23, 25358 Horst, Germany
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SCULPTURE ON NAZI LOOT LIST IS CLEARED
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 4/14/2000; 333 words
; ...wooden sculpture of a nun-like figure by German artist Ernst Barlach was never seized by the Third Reich despite being on...had a gap in the provenance of the work and because Barlach was one of the artists labelled as degenerate we decided...
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Gerog Baselitz at Pace. (New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 6/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...that can be traced, via earlier Expressionists such as Ernst Barlach, all the way back to German Gothic. Baselitz's wood carvings, however, do not really resemble Barlach's, despite their blocky forms and elaborately chiseled...
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German Encounters with Modernism, 1840-1945
Magazine article from: German Quarterly; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Germanness of German art, and it introduces his most recent scholarly interest, Ernst Barlach. (One eagerly awaits his forthcoming volume devoted to Barlach.) The collection brings together some harder-to-find essays and Paret's contributions...
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Ernst Barlach
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ernst Barlach The German sculptor Ernst Barlach (1870-1938), working predominately in wood, created important figurative carvings in that medium. Ernst Barlach was born in Wedel, a small town near Hamburg, the son of...
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Barlach, Ernst
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Barlach, Ernst (1870–1938). German sculptor...Russian peasants made a great impact on Barlach, as his sketchbooks show. These hardworking...edges typical of woodcarving. In 1907 Barlach became financially secure when he signed...
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