The Phaidon Focus series presents engaging, up to date introductions to art s modern masters. Compact, affordable, and beautifully produced, the books in this growing series are written by top experts in their field. Each features a complete chronological survey of an artist s life and career, interspersed throughout with one page "Focus" essays examining specific bodies of work.

In "Cindy Sherman," author Paul Moorhouse, Curator of Twentieth Century Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, London, explores the groundbreaking artist s use of portraiture to raise challenging and...