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Record 1 2015-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography
CONT

Modern graffiti art often incorporates additional arts and technologies. For example, [one company] has encouraged the use of projected images and magnetic light-emitting diodes as new media for graffiti artists.

OBS

In French, the term "graffiti" can represent different types of graffiti such as vandalism or territorial graffiti, not just works of art.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Graphologie et cryptographie
DEF

Composition picturale à base calligraphique bombée sur un mur, une paroi.

OBS

En français, le terme «graffiti» désigne les différentes sortes de graffiti comme le vandalisme ou les symboles de gangs et non seulement les pièces d'art.

Spanish

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