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Graffiti School: A Student Guide and Teacher Manual
A comprehensive textbook on this once-demonized art form, featuring its history, lessons on making graffiti, and a teacher's manual 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 experts on today's subculture through books, magazines, and the Internet. The practical elements of graffiti are considered in later chapters, which combine tips on handling a spray can, creating a unique tag, and getting work up safely and legally with step-by-step diagrams that show how to achieve effects such as bubblestyle, blockbusters, oneliners, and wildstyle. A teacher’s manual features sample plans for a single lesson as well as guidance on structuring a longer course.
300+ illustrations, 101 in color
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 experts on today's subculture through books, magazines, and the Internet. The practical elements of graffiti are considered in later chapters, which combine tips on handling a spray can, creating a unique tag, and getting work up safely and legally with step-by-step diagrams that show how to achieve effects such as bubblestyle, blockbusters, oneliners, and wildstyle. A teacher’s manual features sample plans for a single lesson as well as guidance on structuring a longer course.
300+ illustrations, 101 in color
- GenresGraffitiArtNonfiction
176 pages, Paperback
First published October 21, 2013
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June 5, 2020
How the f... can i download it .. waste of time
November 27, 2014
Step by step this good sized guide takes you through how to create street art.
The book begins with a history of graffiti from ancient Rome to the Hip Hop movement of the 70s to the present day with an extensive piece on legality. A second chapter covers terminology (tags, throwups, silverpieces, wildstyle) before moving on to designing your own graffiti.
The book is well structured, taking the user from simple to complex, from how to create linear tags right through to a full scale burner. There are plenty of exercises at each stage to help any one understanding the different styles within graffiti and to develop their own.
Guidance is given on the use of tools with an extensive section on the safe use of spray cans and how to control them to create various effects, there are pages of design samples and idea for backgrounds and fill-ins.
At the end is a manual for teachers giving guidance and lesson plans
All in all a very impressive book both for use by any one on their own wanting to learn about graffti and how to create it, and for teachers and students.
The book begins with a history of graffiti from ancient Rome to the Hip Hop movement of the 70s to the present day with an extensive piece on legality. A second chapter covers terminology (tags, throwups, silverpieces, wildstyle) before moving on to designing your own graffiti.
The book is well structured, taking the user from simple to complex, from how to create linear tags right through to a full scale burner. There are plenty of exercises at each stage to help any one understanding the different styles within graffiti and to develop their own.
Guidance is given on the use of tools with an extensive section on the safe use of spray cans and how to control them to create various effects, there are pages of design samples and idea for backgrounds and fill-ins.
At the end is a manual for teachers giving guidance and lesson plans
All in all a very impressive book both for use by any one on their own wanting to learn about graffti and how to create it, and for teachers and students.
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January 17, 2020because I want to learn how to do graffiti
November 2, 2019
i love it
February 19, 2020
It’s a good book
March 28, 2020
Good books..
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April 7, 2020Musse
May 24, 2020
Dostal som to, čo som hľadal. História vzniku, pojmy, prístupy. Poslednou kapitolou je manuál učiteľom, prečo a ako graffiti ukázať študentom.
January 26, 2023
a great intro would be cool to mention stencils and stuff too though
January 26, 2015
This book was designed to be a textbook for students to learn how to write graffiti, and it even includes a brief teacher's guide which includes a few lesson plans. It covers the definition and historical background of graffiti and the legal implications and possible punishments for illegal writing. The majority of the book is devoted to teaching graffiti styles and effects.
I'm not a graffiti writer and I have no plans on becoming one, but I found this book to be fascinating as a fan of graphic design. In particular, I liked the part on styles, which would be easy to play around with using just pencils, pens, and a sketchbook. Also, after reading this book, you'll find that it is much easier to read graffiti, which gives you a greater appreciation of the form of self-expression that we so often see in urban areas.
I'm not a graffiti writer and I have no plans on becoming one, but I found this book to be fascinating as a fan of graphic design. In particular, I liked the part on styles, which would be easy to play around with using just pencils, pens, and a sketchbook. Also, after reading this book, you'll find that it is much easier to read graffiti, which gives you a greater appreciation of the form of self-expression that we so often see in urban areas.
December 30, 2015
I was so excited about this book when I saw the cover - a blue, purple, black and orange cover with the title in huge letters with graffiti behind it. Unfortunately, it didn’t live up to its promise. The introduction is overly detailed and too long. Most photos and drawings in the book are black and white, with only a handful in color. And that’s the beauty of tagging and graffiti - the color pieces! I also think the “exercises” that are given would be very difficult without tracing paper. I wish this book had been more colorful and about ⅓ as long (it’s 175 pages, which doesn’t seem long, but is…)
December 15, 2015
its amazing
July 10, 2020
I like this book and it's very usefull
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July 14, 2018I like this book
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April 24, 2019Nice
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