View Graffiti History Of The Word Pics. Graffiti has been around since ancient times. The singular graffito is rarely used except in archeology) is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view.
'graffiti' and its singular form 'graffito' come from the italian 'graffiato' meaning 'scratched'.
The term graffiti the fact is one cannot pinpoint a timeline for graffiti as people from the cave era have been scratching words and images on the wall. By the 1980s it became much harder to write on subway trains without being caught, and instead many of the more established graffiti. This book covers graffiti from all areas of history and fiona's use of language made me interested enough to keep reading. It evolved from the rap music made in brooklyn and harlem in the late 1960's and early 1970's.