Cultural and Historical Heritage: Preservation, Presentation, Digitalization (ISSN: 2367-8038)
Volume 5, Issue 2, 2019
Historical Information of Illegal Writings before the Emergence of Traditional Graffiti
Simeon Zhelev
pp. 172 - 185
Authors: Simeon Zhelev Abstract: With its long history, graffiti varies between very simple written words and exteemly complex wall paintings. We can find examples of these in ancient times all over the world. Some scholars assume cave paintings as examples of graffiti in their most general definition. Other think that samples of graffiti can be find in ancient Pompei and later in the Middle Ages on the exterior walls of churches and cathedrals. As Kaleb Neelon says, since there were people and walls, there was someone who wrote on them. Keywords: Graffiti, Ancient Graffiti, Pompei, Writings, Hobo Writings, Brassai, Kilroy, Latrinaria, Cholo Received: 01-10-2019 Accepted: 01-12-2019 Published: 01-12-2019 Citation: Zhelev, S. (2019). Historical Information of Illegal Writings before the Emergence of Traditional Graffiti. Cultural and Historical Heritage: Preservation, Presentation, Digitalization (KIN Journal), 5(2), ISSN 2367-8038, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 172–185. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.26615/issn.2367-8038.2019_2_017 |