Graffiti Is Art
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Instructor derp
Graffiti Art is Art Forms of graffiti art have been around for thousands of years. Graffiti comes from the Italian word graffito meaning “scratched”. Graffiti is art produced by scratching a design into a surface. Graffiti varies from lines, shapes, drawings, paintings, carvings, letters, and symbols. Starting from 30,000 BC, graffiti has been carved with chalk, coal, and ivory tools such as an animal’s teeth or tusk on the walls of ancient ruins. Paintings and carvings completed with ivory tools are found in sacred locations inside caves and tombs. The creativity of graffiti art evolved along with the human race. Romans, Greeks, Mayans, and Vikings have created historic forms of graffiti that have help gain an understanding of their past culture and languages. The graffiti we view in our streets nowadays is called modern graffiti. This graffiti era originated with the mix of hip-hop culture and the graffiti art that is found in New York City subways. Graffiti artist have used this mixture on canvases, murals, drawings, and paintings. Many people consider graffiti art as vandalism, yet graffiti murals consist of the same qualities of famous paintings exhibited museums. Graffiti murals are art for several reasons. Graffiti art murals can bring beauty to areas that are depressing. There are many suburban areas in Los Angeles that are in need of appealing images, such as murals. A website that has studied and described why graffiti murals are considered art is GRAFFITI.ORG/FAQ/STOWERS.HTML. In the article “Graffiti Art: An Essay Concerning The Recognition of Some Forms of Graffiti As Art,” George C. Stowers states, “Graffiti art […] beautifies the community by appearing on areas that normally would be eyesores, such as a wall in a vacant lot or an abandoned building”<http://www.graffiti.org/faq/stowers.html>. In this quote, we read that graffiti art is able to bring beauty to a rather bleak environment. Once a
Instructor derp
Graffiti Art is Art Forms of graffiti art have been around for thousands of years. Graffiti comes from the Italian word graffito meaning “scratched”. Graffiti is art produced by scratching a design into a surface. Graffiti varies from lines, shapes, drawings, paintings, carvings, letters, and symbols. Starting from 30,000 BC, graffiti has been carved with chalk, coal, and ivory tools such as an animal’s teeth or tusk on the walls of ancient ruins. Paintings and carvings completed with ivory tools are found in sacred locations inside caves and tombs. The creativity of graffiti art evolved along with the human race. Romans, Greeks, Mayans, and Vikings have created historic forms of graffiti that have help gain an understanding of their past culture and languages. The graffiti we view in our streets nowadays is called modern graffiti. This graffiti era originated with the mix of hip-hop culture and the graffiti art that is found in New York City subways. Graffiti artist have used this mixture on canvases, murals, drawings, and paintings. Many people consider graffiti art as vandalism, yet graffiti murals consist of the same qualities of famous paintings exhibited museums. Graffiti murals are art for several reasons. Graffiti art murals can bring beauty to areas that are depressing. There are many suburban areas in Los Angeles that are in need of appealing images, such as murals. A website that has studied and described why graffiti murals are considered art is GRAFFITI.ORG/FAQ/STOWERS.HTML. In the article “Graffiti Art: An Essay Concerning The Recognition of Some Forms of Graffiti As Art,” George C. Stowers states, “Graffiti art […] beautifies the community by appearing on areas that normally would be eyesores, such as a wall in a vacant lot or an abandoned building”<http://www.graffiti.org/faq/stowers.html>. In this quote, we read that graffiti art is able to bring beauty to a rather bleak environment. Once a