Graffiti School A Student Guide with Teacher's Manual

Name: Graffiti School A Student Guide with Teacher's Manual
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ISBN: 9780500290972

ISBN-10: 0500290970

ISBN-13: 9780500290972

Edition: 2013

Authors: Chris Ganter

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Although the public perception of graffiti has changed radically over the last fifty years, few would have predicted that it would become the subject of this major new textbook. Christoph Ganter covers the history of informal mark-making in the public realm, from the first unauthorized characters inscribed on the ancient walls of Egypt and Pompeii to nineteenth-century Vienna, where Joseph Kyselak established himself as the father of graffiti; from New York’s “Taki 183,” the first modern graffiti writer, to more recent developments brought about by the Hip Hop revolution. The effects of the 1980s films Beat Street, Wild Style, and StyleWars are examined, as is the influence graffiti…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 10/21/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 8.31" wide x 11.26" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English

Chris Ganter is a former winner and judge of the Montana Style Combat competitions (Stuttgart and Munich). He also won the Stuttgart graffiti contest for public walls and Write4Gold (south Germany). His work has been exhibited in Germany and Australia, and he has contributed to many publications, including Street Fonts and Graffiti School.