Graffiti vs. Fresco

Graffitinoun

Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.

Graffitinoun

Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.

Graffitiverb

(transitive) To mark a surface with such images.

Graffiti

Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.

Graffiti

any writings or drawings on a surface in a public place, placed there without authorization of the owner of the object on which it is written. Such graffiti are usually unwelcome, and are considered as form of vandalism.

Graffitinoun

a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls

Graffitinoun

writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place

Graffitiverb

write or draw graffiti on (something)

Graffitiverb

write (words or drawings) as graffiti

Graffiti

Graffiti (both singular and plural; the singular graffito is rarely used except in archeology) is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire.Graffiti is a controversial subject.

Fresconoun

(countable) A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.

Fresconoun

An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.

Fresconoun

The technique used to make such an artwork.

Frescoverb

(ambitransitive) To paint using fresco.

Fresconoun

A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.

Fresconoun

The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries.

Frescoverb

To paint in fresco, as walls.

Fresconoun

a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster

Fresconoun

a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster

Frescoverb

paint onto wet plaster on a wall

Fresco

Fresco (plural frescos or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid () lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall.