A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China [digital video].

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Added Author:

Haas, Philip, film director.

Hockney, David, actor.

Publication Date:

1988

2021

Publication Information:

Kino Lorber, 1988.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (46 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

Director Philip Haas (Angels and Insects and Up at the Villa), 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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Film

Performers:

David Hockney

Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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