Graffiti art has become one of the most popular and stylistic mediums over the past few decades. It is thought of being a relatively young art form but it has actually been around since early man. Graffiti art is the modern equivalent to cave paintings. Prehistoric man took to drawing on the walls and ceilings of caves to tell their stories. Cave paintings show depictions of hunting scenes consisting of hunters killing prehistoric beasts. The cave drawings let the viewer know that someone with something to say was here and left their mark. Early cave paintings were crude shapes and images such as just a tracing of a hand but throughout time they became more advanced and lifelike. Modern graffiti art started the same way. Early graffiti were just words written on a wall possibly also having a simple picture along with the words. Now graffiti has blown up into giant messages and bright images that are made to grab the viewer’s attention. Another similarity between graffiti and cave drawings is movement. Early humans were migratory moving with the seasons and where food could be found best. The caves they settled in were most likely not permanent homes. It is possible that the cave paintings were left to tell stories to other traveling humans of that happened at that location previously. The art of graffiti stated out with people tagging their name onto trains with spray paint. Trains move all over the country allowing a person’s name and art to be seen in a wide variety of locations.
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