Roberto Longhi (1890–1970) is regarded by Italians as their most important connoisseur, critic, and art historian; at the same time he is read and ejoyed for his great and magical gifts as a prose stylist. Little from Longhi’s vast corpus has been translated into English. We have in this book three of his crucial essays—“Masolino & Masaccio,” “Caravaggio & His Forerunners,” and “Carlo Braccesco”—in brilliant translations by David Tabbat and David Jacobson.