About the Author

James R. Banker is Professor of History at North Carolina State University.

Reviews

Banker draws an intimate portrait of life in Borgo San Sepolcro in the first half of the fifteenth century, looking for insights into Piero's development in the years before he arrived in Florence. Banker's mastery of unpublished archival materials and recent secondary literature is evident in each chapter. . . . [A]nd his methods have brought results that will be debated by art historians around the country and abroad." ---Duane Osheim, University of Virginia