Editing Basilicata (section)

===Art===
[[File:Pittore di pisticci, pelike con due donne, 440-430 ac ca.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Lucanian red-figure [[pelike]] by the Pisticci Painter, {{circa|430 BC}}, Archaeological Museum "Domenico Ridola", Matera]]
[[Cave painting]]s were found in the Tuppo dei Sassi site (or Ranaldi shelter, after its discoverer Francesco Ranaldi, archaeologist and museum director), a prehistoric site in the [[Filiano]] territory, considered the oldest artistic trace in Basilicata. During the [[Greek colonisation]] era, artists like the [[Pisticci Painter]] and the [[Amykos Painter]] operated in the area of [[Metaponto]] around the 5th century BC. Metaponto is one of the largest and earliest Greek centres of vase painting in Italy;<ref>{{cite web|title=Lucanian red - figure nestoris|url=https://www.mfab.hu/artworks/lucanian-red-figure-nestoris/|website=mfab.hu|date=|accessdate=16 November 2020}}</ref> the [[Lucanian vase painting]] began around 430 BC, with the works of the Pisticci Painter. In the [[Armento]] area the [[Kritonios Crown]] and the [[Armento Rider]] were found, now exposed in [[Munich]] and [[London]] respectively.
[[File:達文西自畫像.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci]], Museo delle Antiche Genti di Lucania, [[Vaglio Basilicata|Vaglio]]]]
The [[Jewish catacombs of Venosa]] are cited among the most significant signs of the Jewish presence in southern Italy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jewish Catacombs of Venosa|url=https://www.visitjewishitaly.it/en/listing/catacombe-ebraiche-di-venosa/|website=visitjewishitaly.it|date=|accessdate=23 February 2021}}</ref> Around the 7th century, [[basilian monk]]s settled in Basilicata, leaving a high concentration of [[rupestrian art|rupestrian churches]] (155 ascertained today), in Matera, Pollino and the [[Agri (river)|Agri]] and [[Sinni (river)|Sinni]] Valleys.<ref>{{cite web|title=An Artistic Profile|url=https://www.aptbasilicata.it/Profilo-artistico.48+M52087573ab0.0.html?&bowhzyumzmqsntfr|website=aptbasilicata.it|date=|accessdate=23 February 2021}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Frescoes from the [[Angevin Empire|Angevin period]] can be found in the [[Abbey of the Santissima Trinità (Venosa)|Abbey of the Santissima Trinità]] of Venosa, the Rupestrian churches of S. Mary of the Valley in Matera, S. Antuono in [[Oppido Lucano]], S. Lucia in [[Rapolla]] and S. Margherita in [[Melfi]].

The stone Nativity scene by [[Altobello Persio]] (1534) in the [[Matera Cathedral]] is an early example of [[Renaissance art]] in the region. Later Basilicata saw the imported and imitated art phenomenon with artists such as [[Giovanni Bellini]] and [[Cima da Conegliano]], and [[Flemish painting]] by [[Dirck Hendricksz]], [[Guglielmo Borremans]], [[Aert Mijtens]] among the others. Local painters such as [[Pietrafesa (painter)|Giovanni De Gregorio]], [[Andrea Miglionico]] and [[Carlo Sellitto]] had a Neapolitan school background. An [[Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci|alleged portrait of Leonardo da Vinci]], dating back to the 1500s, was discovered in 2008, today exhibited in the Museo delle Antiche genti di Lucania, [[Vaglio Basilicata|Vaglio]].

Some artists from the 19th century include [[Vincenzo Marinelli]], [[Giacomo Di Chirico]] and [[Michele Tedesco]]. Several contemporary artists gained fame outside Italy, among them are worth to mention [[Marino Di Teana]], [[Eugenio Santoro]] and [[Joseph Stella]], sometimes cited as the first [[Futurism|futurist]] painter in America.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joseph Stella (1877-1946)
|url=https://www.sullivangoss.com/artists/joseph-stella-1877-1946|website=sullivangoss.com|date=|accessdate=16 November 2020}}</ref> During his exile under the [[fascist regime]], [[Carlo Levi]], a painting passionate, left many works, today exposed in Matera.