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The work of Cima da Conegliano 西玛达科内利亚诺的作品; An overlooked master;Venice comes to Paris; 沙海遗珠;威尼斯走向巴黎; Tall, lean and with a head of brown curls, St Johnthe Baptist s intense expression seizes the viewer sgaze. The enthroned Virgin holding the Christ childmay be the subject of this late-15th-centurypainting, yet the eye is drawn to the saint. He feels real, somehow, with themagnetism of a rock star. This is a quality foundin many of the saints portrayed by Giovanni Battista Cima, called Cima da Conegliano. 高大瘦削，一头棕色的卷发，施洗者圣约翰紧张的表情抓住了观众的目光。圣母抱着圣婴可能是这幅十五世纪晚期绘画的主题，但人们的视线还是被圣徒吸引。不知怎的，他让人感觉真实，有摇滚巨星般的吸引力。这是被称为西玛达科内利亚诺的乔瓦尼巴蒂斯塔西玛所绘众多圣徒身上共有的特质。 Readers can be forgiven for not recognising the name. Born in 1459, Cima became a painterduring the blossoming of the Italian Renaissance. It was an inspiring time to be an artist,but the competition was fierce. He worked in Venice, where Giovanni Bellini was alreadyestablished. By the time Cima died in 1517/18, Giorgione and Titian had made their marks.The fame of these artists has overshadowed Cima s. It is a shame. Bernard Berenson, one ofthe most influential writers on the Venetian Renaissance, said of him: No other master ofthat time paints so well the pearly light that models the Italian landscape with a peculiarlightness and breadth. Cima s depiction of the landscape influenced his more famouscontemporaries. Now visitors to Paris are being offered the chance to make hisacquaintance. Cima da Conegliano: Master of the Venetian Renaissance at theLuxembourg Museum is a wonderful show. | 
