Failure of Empire - Noel Lenski - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. This book presents the biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (AD 364-78). DKK 296.00 1
Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China - Michael Sullivan - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk Focuses on the rebirth of Chinese art in the twentieth century under the influence of Western art and culture. This book documents the conflicting pulls of traditional and Western values on Chinese art and provides 364 illustrations to show the great range of artistic expression and the historical processes that occurred within various movements. DKK 692.00 1
