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

Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth

Director
Philip Haas
Year
1988
Runtime
46m
Rated
NR
Release
1988
Language
en
Country
US

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01 · Overview

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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.

  • #perspective
  • #criticism
  • #theory
  • #china
  • #art

  • Directed by

    Philip Haas

  • Written by

    David Hockney

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