Editing Magna Graecia (section)

===Art and architecture===
{{see also|South Italian ancient Greek pottery}}
[[File:Choregos Painter - RVAp 1-123 - the stealers of daintings - Herakles supporting the world - Milano MA A 0-9-2841 - 01.jpg|thumb|[[Apulian vase painting|Apulian pottery]] exhibited in the [[Archaeological Museum, Milan|Archaeological Museum of Milan]], 380–370 BC]]
[[File:Reperti - Museo di Monasterace Marina.JPG|thumb|Archaeological finds exhibited in the [[Monasterace Archeological Museum]]]]

Magna Graecia, in some fields such as architecture and urban planning, sometimes surpassed the mother country and the other Greek colonies.<ref name="magnagrecia">{{cite web|url=http://www.magnagrecia.it/pagare/calabria/italiano/itinerar/arte/architet.html|title=L'architettura in Grecia e nelle colonie|access-date=21 July 2023|language=it}}</ref> In Magna Graecia, as well as in the other Greek colonies, the [[Doric style]] enriched with showy decorations was adopted as the dominant architectural style. In Magna Graecia, in particular, a Doric style influenced by the [[Ionic style|Ionic]] one was also used, especially in Sicily in the Achaean colonies.<ref name="magnagrecia"/> In Magna Graecia, limestone was used as a building material due to the difficulty in finding other materials. The Doric style in Magna Graecia reached its apogee, surpassing that of the motherland and the other Greek colonies.<ref name="magnagrecia"/>

Regarding urban planning, the cities of Magna Graecia, as well as many cities of Greek colonies in other regions, were more orderly and rational in the distribution of spaces than those of the mother country, making the urban fabric more practical. The first examples of urbanistically more rational Greek cities belonged to Magna Graecia, in this case [[Taranto]], [[Metapontum]] and [[Megara Hyblaea]].<ref name="magnagrecia"/> Characteristic of this new urban concept, which later spread also in the motherland to [[Rhodes]] and [[Miletus]], was a checkerboard road network.<ref name="magnagrecia"/>

In Magna Graecia painting and sculpture also reached a notable level of quality.<ref name="bronzi50">{{cite web|url=https://www.bronzi50.it/artisti-magna-grecia/|title=Gli artisti della Magna Grecia
|access-date=21 July 2023|language=it}}</ref><ref name="fotoartearchitettura">{{cite web|url=https://www.fotoartearchitettura.it/storia-arte/pittura-vascolare-greca.html|title=La pittura vascolare greca|access-date=21 July 2023|language=it}}</ref> In Magna Graecia there were examples of excellence in sculpture, coroplastics and bronzes.<ref name="bronzi50"/> As for vase painting, many famous Athenian potters moved to Magna Graecia creating works influenced by the culture of the place, making their paintings peculiar and different from those of the motherland,<ref name="fotoartearchitettura"/> giving rise to the [[South Italian ancient Greek pottery]]. Also noteworthy are the mosaics, the goldsmith's art and wall painting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arte.it/notizie/napoli/riapre-la-collezione-magna-grecia-al-mann-un-passeggiata-nella-storia-tra-gli-antichi-tesori-del-sud-16027|title=Riapre la collezione Magna Grecia: al MANN un passeggiata nella storia degli antichi tesori del sud|access-date=21 July 2023|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/manifestazioni-della-cultura-dell-occidente-greco-la-pittura-parietale_(Il-Mondo-dell'Archeologia)|title=Manifestazioni della cultura dell'Occidente greco. La pittura parietale|access-date=21 July 2023|language=it}}</ref>

Noteworthy sculptures from Magna Graecia are the [[Apollo of Gaza]], the [[Apollo of Piombino]], the [[Dancing Satyr of Mazara del Vallo]], the [[Head of a Philosopher]] and the ''[[Riace bronzes]]'', while notable vases from Magna Graecia are the [[Darius Vase]] and the [[Nestor's Cup (Pithekoussai)|Nestor's Cup]]. Noteworthy temples of Magna Graecia are the [[Temple of Concordia, Agrigento]], the [[Temple of Hera Lacinia]], the [[Temple of Heracles, Agrigento]], [[The Temple of Juno in Agrigento]], the [[Temple of Olympian Zeus, Agrigento]], the [[Temple of Apollo (Syracuse)]], the [[Temple of Athena (Syracuse)]], the [[Temple of Athena (Paestum)]], the [[Temple C (Selinus)]], the [[Temple E (Selinus)]], the [[Temple F (Selinus)]], the [[Temple of Juno Lacinia (Crotone)]], the [[Second Temple of Hera (Paestum)]], the [[Heraion at Foce del Sele]], the [[Temple of Poseidon (Taranto)]], the [[Tavole Palatine]] and the [[Temple of Victory (Himera)]].