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

📅 3/18/1988⏱️ 46 minutes7.7/10

Overview

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.

Release Date

March 18, 1988

Runtime

46 minutes

Rating

7.7/10(3 votes)

Status

Released

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Content Source

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