graffiti

genre of writing or drawing etched, scratched, scribbled, or sprayed (often, but not always illicitly) on a wall or other surface in a public place
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graffiti

Summary

graffiti is an art genre[1]. graffiti ranks in the top 2% of art_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,970 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • graffiti's image is recorded as Graffiti aus der Hall of Fame in Ingolstadt.jpg[3].
  • graffiti's image is recorded as Graffiti at Kolkos, Tampere Jun2011 001.jpg[4].
  • graffiti's instance of is recorded as art genre[5].
  • graffiti's GND ID is recorded as 4021791-7[6].
  • graffiti's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85056185[7].
  • graffiti's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11939946f[8].
  • graffiti's subclass of is recorded as street art[9].
  • graffiti's part of is recorded as hip hop subculture[10].
  • graffiti's Commons category is recorded as Graffiti[11].
  • graffiti's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Fanat22012-графіті.wav[12].
  • graffiti's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q804899-Valriu-grafit.wav[13].
  • graffiti's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q7026 (cat)-Viqtor29-grafit.wav[14].
  • graffiti's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q7026 (cat)-Carme Oriol-grafit.wav[15].
  • graffiti's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 4658[16].
  • graffiti's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/034wh[17].
  • graffiti's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph120588[18].
  • graffiti's has cause is recorded as vandalism[19].
  • graffiti's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Graffiti and unauthorised signage[20].
  • graffiti's Commons gallery is recorded as Graffiti[21].
  • graffiti's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300410270[22].
  • graffiti's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 080[23].
  • graffiti's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10637834[24].
  • graffiti's Iconclass notation is recorded as 49L81[25].
  • graffiti's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as artwork_type=graffiti[26].
  • graffiti's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for graffiti include calligraffiti[28], an art genre[29].

Why It Matters

graffiti ranks in the top 2% of art_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,970 views/month).[2] graffiti has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] graffiti is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for graffiti include calligraffiti[28], an art genre[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Lingua Libre. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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