A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth
1988
7.7 (3)
46 min
English
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.
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Keywords
- china
- theory
- art
- criticism
- perspective
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Top Cast
David Hockney as Self
Top Crew
Philip Haas · Director
David Hockney · Writer
Curtis Clark · Cinematographer
Curtiss Clayton · Editor
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