A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth
A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth
46 minutes
1988
HD
Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney invite you to join them on a magical journey through China via a marvelous 72-foot long 17th-century Chinese scroll entitled The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour (1691-1698), scroll seven . As Hockney unrolls the beautiful and minutely detailed work of art, he traces the Emperor Kangxi’s second tour of his southern empire in 1689.
Genres Documentary
Stars David Hockney
Directors Philip Haas, Philip Haas, Marc Wilkinson, Susumu Tokunow, Curtiss Clayton
A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth
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