Complete the task Read the text. Match the pictures with the names of the paragraphs they best illustrate. Throughout the history of graffiti, there have been unstoppable debates on whether it is an artistic movement or just another act of vandalism by reckless teens. And the further the street art movement is developing, the more concerns arise. So, let's shed more light before you pick sides. For starters, it is important to define "graffiti". Coming from the Greek word "graphein", which means "to write", it includes any type of writing or painting within a public view. If you think of what the first graffiti were like, you may probably recall the first drawings made by the first cavemen. The tradition was inherited by Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, leaving legends, beliefs, and life stories as paintings on the walls. Graffiti art, as we now know it, started in Philadelphia in the late 1960s. It was used either to make a statement or to mark territory. First artists usually wrote "tags" on the walls, which only included the name of the artist. With time, graffiti has evolved in various forms and shapes. Today, graffiti can be used for commercial purposes: artists are asked to create graffiti as a part of an advertising campaign. The attitude towards graffiti varies all over the world. Some suggest that graffiti is an art and joy unless it's on private property. Artists themselves consider that graffiti represents freedom and lets the city have its style and soul. What people think Ancient times What people think The artist Ancient times
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Read the text. Match the pictures with the names of the paragraphs they best illustrate.

Throughout the history of graffiti, there have been unstoppable debates on whether it is an artistic movement or just another act of vandalism by reckless teens. And the further the street art movement is developing, the more concerns arise. So, let's shed more light before you pick sides.

For starters, it is important to define "graffiti". Coming from the Greek word "graphein", which means "to write", it includes any type of writing or painting within a public view. If you think of what the first graffiti were like, you may probably recall the first drawings made by the first cavemen. The tradition was inherited by Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, leaving legends, beliefs, and life stories as paintings on the walls.

Graffiti art, as we now know it, started in Philadelphia in the late 1960s. It was used either to make a statement or to mark territory. First artists usually wrote "tags" on the walls, which only included the name of the artist. With time, graffiti has evolved in various forms and shapes. Today, graffiti can be used for commercial purposes: artists are asked to create graffiti as a part of an advertising campaign. The attitude towards graffiti varies all over the world. Some suggest that graffiti is an art and joy unless it's on private property. Artists themselves consider that graffiti represents freedom and lets the city have its style and soul.

  • What people think
  • Ancient times
  • What people think
  • The artist
  • Ancient times

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