Drawings or Inscriptions Scratched

Graffiti (in the context of historic inscriptions single number - the graffiti from the Italian. Graffito, pl. Graffiti) - pictures, drawings or inscriptions scratched, written or drawn in ink or paint on the walls and other surfaces. Graffiti can be attributed to any type of street painting walls, where you can find everything from simple written words to the exquisite drawings. In historical science, the term is used for a long time, but in a narrower sense. When it comes to ancient epigraphic monuments, then to separate the "graffiti" and "dipinti." If the latter is marked by an inscription painted, "graffiti" - incised inscriptions (the term itself comes from the Italian verb graffiare - «scratch"). Currently, widespread spray art, that is, writing graffiti with spray paint.