• Phaidon Focus is a brand new series that offers accessible, up-to-date, authoritative, enjoyable and thought-provoking books on internationally renowned modern masters • Written by experts in their field, each of these lively and beautifully illustrated books, covers the full span of the artist’s work, exploring its origins, development, style and themes • Stimulating and a pleasure to read, each book consists of a chronological essay accompanied by ‘Focus’ sections that delve into specific themes and important groups of work, and ends with a short chronology and a bibliography • These compact and affordable hardback books are the perfect introductions to the artists, essential reading for students and rewarding for anyone curious about art • One of the best-known American sculptors of the modern period, David Smith (1906–1965) was a pioneer of abstract sculpture. He revolutionized the possibilities of metal sculpture by introducing the industrial process of welding, enabling him to create the most extraordinarily balanced compositions – using metal to ‘draw in space’. Predominantly known as a sculptor, the book also sheds light on his prolific practice of drawing, sketching, writing and photographing his sculptures.weiterlesen