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"Hat Kopf, Hand, Fuss und Herz is a watercolor by Paul Klee painted in 1930. The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf acquired this painting in 1960 with the collection of the Pittsburgh entrepreneur G. David Thompson.Donat de Chapeaurouge: Paul Klee und der christliche Himmel, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, p. 10 ff.Provenance History The origin of the title of the picture is unclear. On the one hand, the Bauhaus Dessau organised a "bart-herzen-nase-fest" (beard heart-nose festival) in 1928, at which Klee's student Herbert Bayer was also present. On the other hand, Klee chose the title Nase, Mund, Brüste; Büste, Lippen, Brüste (nose, mouth, breasts; bust, lips, breasts) for another work as early as 1927. Klee's friend Hans Arp also created a painting called Kopf, Augen, Nase, Schnurrbart (Head, eyes, nose, moustache). Description A small red heart is centrally located in a broad pale red cross that extends almost across the entire image. In the upper left-hand corner, in the manner of a child's drawing, a stylized head with a white headband, plate-round blue eyes without pupils, the nose marked by a thin line, below it a tiny mouth, indicated by two parallel lines. Clockwise, in the next corners, on each elongated grey-blue colour spot, there follows a stick with one hand, a stick with hand and foot and another stick with a foot, which, like the other parts of the body, is executed in a pale red colour. The ground of the picture is in a broken white with slight grey or blue-grey shadows on the ground and in the upper left corner of the picture. Interpretation The watercolour is seen as a disguised depiction of Christ with a parodistic undertone. With regard to the blasphemy trial against George Grosz, Klee wanted to avoid a possible blasphemy accusation. The picture shows an atheistic position, clearly documented from text and picture testimonies of the artist from his entire creative period. Reception In 1999, Marianne Schroeder was influenced by the watercolour for her composition Wie der Klee vierblättrig wurde (How the clover became four-leaved). The work was premiered by the Ensemble Sortisatio and recorded on the CD 8 Pieces on Paul Klee. References Category:1930 paintings Category:Paintings by Paul Klee "
"Miyun Reservoir () is a large reservoir in the People's Republic of China, located 16 kilometers north of the Miyun District in Beijing, straddling the Chaohe River and Baihe River. There are two major rivers flowing into the reservoir, namely the Bai River and the Chao River. The reservoir was formally completed on September 1, 1960. The reservoir covers an area of 180 square kilometers, with a reservoir capacity of 4 billion cubic meters and an average depth of 30 meters, making it the largest and only source of drinking-water supply for Beijing, serving over 11 million people. Miyun Reservoir is the largest artificial lake in Asia and is billed as the "Pearl in North China" (华北明珠). History The construction of Miyun Reservoir started on 1 September 1958 and was completed in September 1960. The chief designer of the project was Zhang Guangdou. Its construction was designed by the Department of Water Resources of Tsinghua University, with the participation of a large number of migrant workers from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and the Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power. References Category:Beijing Category:Reservoirs in China Category:1960 establishments Category:Buildings and structures in Beijing "
"The Siege of Visegrád was fought between the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire as part of the Great Turkish War. The Holy Roman Empire, led by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine captured the castle of Visegrád after a three-day siege. Prelude The Hungarian campaign of 1684 began on 20 May when Charles V, Duke of Lorraine's Imperial force of 43,000 men under moved out from its base at the town of Šaľa on the river Váh, marching in disparate columns down the Danube's banks to undertake the conquest of Buda. The route along the southern bank contained the Ottoman castle of Visegrád. Siege Lorraine started the siege of Visegrád on 15 June with an artillery bombardment. On 17 June, he demanded the Ottoman garrison's vacation of the fortress on penalty of execution by impalement. The garrison left the next day with its baggage. Aftermath The last strongpoint on the road to Buda had been taken. The next action would be the Battle of Vác on 27 June. References Bibliography * Category:Battles of the Great Turkish War Category:Battles involving the Ottoman Empire Category:Battles involving the Holy Roman Empire Category:Conflicts in 1684 Category:1684 in Europe "