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Title | : | A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth |
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Release | : | 1988-03-18 |
Runtime | : | 46 min. |
Genre | : | Documentary |
Stars | : | David Hockney |
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. |