James Fox

Art historian Dr James Fox traces the momentous impact of the west's contact with the peoples and cultures of the Pacific. It is a story of exploration, encounter and exploitation. James Fox tells the story of Australia's indigenous culture, the oldest continuous culture anywhere in the world, and the disaster of its contact with the West. He traces how Aboriginal peoples were almost destroyed by the impact of European colonization, but held on to their art to survive, to flourish and ultimately, to share their culture with the world. James Fox begins by exploring the ancient rock art of Arnhem Land, Northern Australia, depicting fish and animals in an 'x-ray' style developed over 8000 years.

"Il mondo dei colori" esplora il significato e l'importanza dei colori nella storia dell'umanità. Con la sua prosa elegante e coinvolgente, Fox ci conduce in un viaggio che parte dall'antichità e arriva fino ai giorni nostri, attraverso le culture e le civiltà del mondo intero. Prendendo in considerazione sette colori primari – nero, rosso, giallo, blu, bianco, viola e verde – l'autore ci accompagna attraverso il tempo e lo spazio, raccontandoci come ogni tonalità sia stata interpretata in maniera peculiare e originale nelle diverse culture umane. Il libro ripercorre questi significati per mostrare come sono cambiati e si sono moltiplicati, il ruolo che hanno avuto nella definizione della nostra identità nel corso della storia e come la loro comprensione ci permetta di vedere in modo nuovo molte delle pietre miliari della storia dell'arte..

" Je ne fais pas ça pour l'argent, ni pour vous. Je fais ça pour moi. "
Un événement : la sortie mondiale de l'autobiographie d'une des plus grandes icônes du rock'n'roll : le guitariste des Rolling Stones…

Transatlantic Swing is a CD of music rich in elusive connections. Some of the music is ‘transatlantic’ because it’s music by Europeans influenced by the Americas, some because it’s music by an American played by a European. In some way all the music ‘swings’, but no two pieces swing in the same way.There’s also a network of friendships between the composers represented here, although together they don’t represent any one tendency in contemporary musical aesthetics. And there’s a network of shared preoccupations in the music here – the balance between process and fantasy in musical form, the dynamics of sound and silence, the reconfiguration of popular music – but not all these preoccupations occur in every piece.

With the emergence of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience during the late '60s, the path was cleared for other hard-rockin' "trios." Arguably, the finest to emerge from the subsequent American crop was the James Gang. Despite penning a few of classic rock radio's most enduring songs, the James Gang ultimately failed to deliver on their initial promise, as constant lineup juggling ultimately derailed the group. The Gang's roots stretch back to 1966 in Cleveland, OH, where drummer Jim Fox formed the group with a few fellow Kent State University students, guitarist Glenn Schwartz and bassist Tom Kriss. But when Schwartz left to join Pacific Gas & Electric, Fox and Kriss opted to carry on with new singer/guitarist Joe Walsh. The James Gang's debut album, Yer' Album, followed in 1969, and while it didn't spawn any hits, it did set the stage perfectly for their next few releases.