A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth
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A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth

1988 • 0h 46m • ★ 8.0 (2 votes) Released
Documentary

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.

Director

Philip Haas

Writer

David Hockney

Rating
8.0
Runtime
46 min
IMDb

Top Billed Cast

David Hockney

David Hockney

Self

Keywords

chinatheoryartcriticismperspective

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