Saturday, April 14, 2012

Graffiti: The Evolution of Bank Art

The Origin of Graffiti

The chat - Graffiti - is the plural anatomy of the Italian chat "grafficar" which means: drawings, messages, scribbles, patterns, or bank writings or scratches. Its origins date aback as far as cavern assets in aged times, on walls and monuments in age-old Egypt as able-bodied as age-old Greece.



The graffiti that we apperceive today aboriginal alike in the backward 1960's in New York City. At this time teenagers would address their names and artery cardinal on alms cars. This was accepted as "tagging" the way abounding youths were able to accretion acceptance throughout the city. Later on the trend was begin in Philadelphia area the names "Top Cat" and "Cornbread" were able-bodied accepted throughout the city.

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