A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth (1988)

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.

Released March 18, 1988 46 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.china, tmdb.art, mdblist.one-actor, tmdb.theory, tmdb.criticism, tmdb.perspective, imdb.or-as-title-separator, imdb.long-title

Watch Providers: Kanopy, Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection

Country: United States
Languages: English