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Created byEdward Marakhov
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Ancient greeks use poems and other forms of writing to protest. They write these poems on city building walls.Ancient Romans also use graffiti as a way to protest, but also to write random things, such as "___ was here" and profanityAncient Greeks draw pictures of hands, hearts, feet and numbers on city walls, which experts say were advertisements for prostitutionEarliest known picture of Jesus Christ, scratched onto a wallWhen visiting Egypt and its ancient tombs, Ancient Romans would leave messages such as "____ was here" and "why did I come here, I couldn't read the hieroglyphics" on the insides of the walls.A carving on the inside of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul by a viking mercenary read "Halvdan was here"First modern graffiti begins to appear
in the form of gang tags. These were painted
onto buildings and other things to define a gang's territoryA man calling himself TAKI 183
starts writing his name on any train he tookAn article is published about TAKI 183,
leading to an explosion of graffiti
on trains. Spray paint cans start being
used, and the simple tags turn into
works of art.It was reportedly hard to see out of train
windows due to how much graffiti there was.
Graffiti started being more strictly prohibited
and graffiti on trains started to disappear.
The artists moved onto buildings and rooftops.War on graffiti declared by New York mayorArt galleries start buying and displaying graffiti'Stencil style' emerges, first in Paris and
then moving on to American citiesNazi and resistance groups
cover walls with propagandaFamous artist Banksy starts doing graffitiBanksy grows in popularity,
being accepted as an artist
and not just a vandal by some.
Banksy is still a very controversial
figureAs graffiti grows more and more
sophisticated and well made,
the line between city murals and
graffiti blurs more and more
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