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Glossary of graffiti

Index Glossary of graffiti

A number of words and phrases have come to describe different styles and aspects of graffiti. [1]

32 relations: Aerosol paint, Berlin Wall, Boroughs of New York City, Cornbread (graffiti artist), Cutting, Declaration of war, Diamond, Dremel, Frosted glass, Glass etching, Graffiti, Greenwood Publishing Group, Heaven, Jargon, Key (lock), Lock On (street art), Masterpiece, Mohs scale of mineral hardness, New York City, New York City Subway, Palgrave Macmillan, Perspective (graphical), Plywood, Polishing, Rust-Oleum, Sandpaper, Scribing (graffiti), Sketchbook, TAKI 183, Taylor & Francis, Traffic sign, Wildstyle.

Aerosol paint

Aerosol paint (also called spray paint) is a type of paint that comes in a sealed pressurized container and is released in an aerosol spray when depressing a valve button.

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Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.

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Boroughs of New York City

New York City encompasses five county-level administrative divisions called boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.

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Cornbread (graffiti artist)

Darryl McCray, known by his tagging name, "Cornbread", is a graffiti artist from Philadelphia, credited with being the first modern graffiti artist.

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Cutting

Cutting is the separation or opening of a physical object, into two or more portions, through the application of an acutely directed force.

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Declaration of war

A declaration of war is a formal act by which one state goes to war against another.

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Diamond

Diamond is a solid form of carbon with a diamond cubic crystal structure.

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Dremel

Dremel is an American brand of power tools known primarily for its rotary tools.

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Frosted glass

Frosted glass is produced by the sandblasting or acid etching of clear sheet glass.

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Glass etching

Glass etching comprises the techniques of creating art on the surface of glass by applying acidic, caustic, or abrasive substances.

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Graffiti

Graffiti (plural of graffito: "a graffito", but "these graffiti") are writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or painted, typically illicitly, on a wall or other surface, often within public view.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

ABC-CLIO/Greenwood is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-CLIO.

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Heaven

Heaven, or the heavens, is a common religious, cosmological, or transcendent place where beings such as gods, angels, spirits, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or live.

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Jargon

Jargon is a type of language that is used in a particular context and may not be well understood outside that context.

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Key (lock)

A key is a device that is used to operate a lock (such as to lock or unlock it).

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Lock On (street art)

Lock On is a genre of street art, where artists create installations by attaching sculptures to public furniture using lengths of chain and old bike locks.

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Masterpiece

Masterpiece, magnum opus (Latin, great work) or chef-d’œuvre (French, master of work, plural chefs-d’œuvre) in modern use is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or to a work of outstanding creativity, skill, profundity, or workmanship.

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Mohs scale of mineral hardness

The Mohs scale of mineral hardness is a qualitative ordinal scale characterizing scratch resistance of various minerals through the ability of harder material to scratch softer material.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

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Palgrave Macmillan

Palgrave Macmillan is an international academic and trade publishing company.

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Perspective (graphical)

Perspective (from perspicere "to see through") in the graphic arts is an approximate representation, generally on a flat surface (such as paper), of an image as it is seen by the eye.

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Plywood

Plywood is a sheet material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another.

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Polishing

Polishing is the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing it or using a chemical action, leaving a surface with a significant specular reflection (still limited by the index of refraction of the material according to the Fresnel equations.) In some materials (such as metals, glasses, black or transparent stones), polishing is also able to reduce diffuse reflection to minimal values.

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Rust-Oleum

Rust-Oleum is a manufacturer of protective paints and coatings for home and industrial use.

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Sandpaper

Sandpaper and glasspaper are names used for a type of coated abrasive that consists of sheets of paper or cloth with abrasive material glued to one face.

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Scribing (graffiti)

Scribing, also known as scratchitti, is a style or method of graffiti in which a scribe is used to tag on glass or plastic surfaces.

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Sketchbook

A sketchbook is a book or pad with blank pages for sketching and is frequently used by artists for drawing or painting as a part of their creative process.

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TAKI 183

TAKI 183 is the "tag" of a Greek graffiti writer who was active during the late 1960s and early 1970s in New York City.

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Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.

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Traffic sign

Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users.

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Wildstyle

Wildstyle is a complicated and intricate form of graffiti.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_graffiti

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