Response Essay: Graffiti In Pompeii

The history of the underground art movement known by many names, most commonly graffiti begins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the mid to late 60's, and started with bombing. The writers who are credited with the first effort are CORNBREAD and COOL EARL. They wrote their names all over the city gaining attention from the community and the local press. Then the movement made way to New York City where the teenagers would write graffiti on the subways. It is unclear whether this concept made way to New York City on purpose or if it was an accident.

Graffiti holds the voices of many people within its city walls and is seen throughout history. Beginning with the Ancient Romans to modern day, graffiti has always been a way of expression. As these two time periods are compared to one another in their graffiti, questions about their differences and similarities, usage of materials, was it allowed, and finally the looks and styles will be discussed. Graffiti, “originating from the Italian word 'graffiato' which means scratched.”

Over the past centuries, since its discovery in 1749, many archaeologists have contributed to our understanding of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Archaeologists were initially focused on excavating, most of which were improperly done causing extensive damage. It wasn’t until the 19th century, when archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli introduced new excavation methods; those succeeded him include August Mau, Vittorio Spinazzola and Amendo Maiuri. Now attention has shifted towards conservations and restorations which are reflected in the works of Fausto Zevi and Pier Guzzo.

Then we view the sculptures of the Boar and Hunting Dogs which were originally in the garden of a home in a city in the Bay of Naples. We also view the large fresco of the Garden Scene (see Fig. 2), which feels like a time warp back in time to Pompeii. The Garden Scene displays the beauty of nature with the various plants and birds present, and the two heads hanging on posts seem to be looking out to the viewer and protecting the garden. After the garden pieces we then are welcomed to the indoors of the Bay of Naples’ homes.

Pompeii was a City in Italy which overall has a great significance in Roman culture. Pompeii was not famous for its rise or its rule but its destruction. Pompeii was a picture perfect world full of culture and rich history, It was destroyed in AD 79 by a Volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius. It was a symbol of Roman culture and has a great influence on the future even though it existed so long ago.

E??????? ? f V??????? By Caleb Northcroft Thesis T??? ??? ??? ? f ??? ????????? ????????? ????

To conclude, we wouldn’t have been able to know this information if Pompeii wasn’t well preserved. Daily life in Pompeii is similar to our lives because of households items, jobs and duties, and advanced technology. In 79 A.D. at Pompeii Mount Vesuvius erupted, spreading layers of ash all over. This caused the whole city to go extinct because poisonous gas from the volcano’s ash spread everywhere, freezing everything in

Given the historical significance of the devastation of Mount Vesuvius’ destruction of Ancient Pompeii, the cultural existence of this lost city lies buried within the remains of the ancient people and the context it brings through new data. To gain context of the lives lost, much of their history must be explored through the remains of Pompeii’s lost people by further observation of lesions on the bones and through analysis of dental caries or indicators of quality of health. Recent excavations and research of Pompeian skeletons through technological advancements has revealed, in greater detail, the health of the people – such as, with computer tomography scans they indicated they had almost perfect, white teeth from “low-sugar diet[s], rich in fruit and vegetables” and fluorine from their water (Fessenden 2015).

This will be a research report on Pompeii, how it was affected by the eruption of Vesuvius and how it was designed. Pompeii was a town in Italy and would soon to become disrupted by many disasters, and an even bigger event to follow. The eruption of Vesuvius would terrify, shock and kill thousands of people living in the town, perhaps only a handful of townsfolk had survived that fateful day. Many tried to escape the ash, hiding in house corners, believing that they would be safe, or running towards the shores where boats were located, but the majority of people had died on that day.

Although most paintings in Pompeii were of the prosperous class, there are still some paintings of the less exalted. These paintings weren’t as frequent as the murals that the wealthy had but they still represented the superiority of men. In the taverns catering to the lower classes there were frescos painted on the walls giving insight into the life of the less exalted. In the painting “Scences in a Pompeii Tavern, In the first picture, it shows a prostitute, kissing a man, while the caption above reads: “I don’t want to, with

Graffiti is the act of inscribing or drawing on walls for the purpose of communicating a message to the general public. The term comes from the Greek term "Graphein," which means to write. Graffiti has been around since men first started drawing pictures in caves. However, the focus of this paper is not on pre-historic or amateur graffiti, but on the modern hip-hop graffiti movement that began in the late 1960 's. The graffiti has two versions: a "legal" aspect, in which artists are able to spray paintings and murals of great spectacle and technical. The illegal side, is where they express their painting in public spaces such as schools, metros, trains, posters, and wall Streets, etc. Graffiti are a poor choice for people who practiced this objective because it deny people in follow good roads which is seen a bad self-expression and they also may be expensive, putting pressure on low-income families. Controversial, secrecy, and taboo are some points that connect with graffiti argument where graffiti has changed over the years.

Many artifacts found in the ruins imply this. For example, many of the glasses found in the ruins had a blue stain in the bottom of them. While it may not seem significant, the blue stain actually tells us the people of Pompeii liked wine like many adults do today. Another thing we know about the people of Pompeii is that they ate a lot of bread. In every bakery excavated by the archeologists, bread pans were found. And from the type of pan we can also tell the bread in the ruins is the same type of bread sold in Italy today. Weird, huh! We can also tell that the women liked to wear makeup and pearls were in style back then from the ruins. Now that we’ve discussed their interests, let’s discuss their values. Many of the people in the ruins died holding their children, money, or jewelry (“The Buried City” 38). That is how we know what they valued most.

My response about the archaeological remains from Pompeii is people who have lived there were creative and correlated society. I found the people of Pompeii were capable of being builders because they are able to create their own water supply with stone, brick, and concrete. The evidence can be found in Penelope J.E Davies's Janson's History of Art, "In the Augustan period, an aqueduct brought fresh water to the public fountains that flowed continuously throughout the city." (Davies et al. 216). The text exemplifies how much intelligent this civilization had where they had created the technology to benefit everyone and solved the problem of having clean water which makes them the first society to have the answer. Another thing I found interesting

The origin and history of graffiti is not what one might expect. Believed to have been created by a Philadelphia high school student named Cornbread in 1967, it was a bold effort to catch the attention of a girl (De Melker). In this same time period, graffiti sprung up in New York as well. It was “one among many forms of social protest” during

According to Eldridge, “graffiti is an ancient form of human communication and can be found in ruins dated to early civilizations.” Graffiti has transformed from people just tagging things to a way of art. “Graffiti writing eventually became bigger and more stylized, developing from tags to pieces, short masterpieces. Piecing demands decorative expression, artistic skill, and understanding of aerosol paint control” (Eldridge). Over the years, the way graffiti has been viewed has also changed. Although most still see it as vandalism, those who actually like draw and are interested in art see graffiti as its own form of art developing just like other forms of art, like music.