graffiti covered
There is a saturation point where individual pieces of graffiti disappear to become part of an overall texture, when things are absolutely covered in graffiti. This tends to happen in places that are charged with emotional energy, such as the Berlin wall. Here are some less well examples, from the throne of England which is covered top to bottom in hundreds of years old carved graffiti and equally aristocratic Harrow School which features a wood paneled classroom where every inch is covered by pupils who have carved their names (including Winston Churchill), to pop culture shrines such as U2’s former recording studio and Elvis’ Graceland and not so pop Oscar Wilde, whose grave is covered in kisses.
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I encourage you to click through and view the full sized images of this faithful replica of the Coronation Chair in Westminster abbey, just to appreciate how absolutely covered in graffiti it is.
I like this, because the New York Hip Hop style graffiti looks so sadly wrong on the cottage style Edwardian architecture of the Youth Center, which has allowed itself to be metaphorically pissed on as part of an attempt to be politically correct.
One of the more depressing things about visiting many of Egypt's more precious ancient monuments is how much graffiti they are covered with, much of which is from the Napoleonic era.
Germany had actual prisons in Universities till the Nazis banned them. They have a particular style of graffiti with which they are seemingly covered.
The real story of these helmets is that they are from Iranians, killed in the Iran Ira war. The helmets were put in nets at the foot of the giant crossed sword monument, which was made from casts of Saddam Husseins hands and cast in Basingstoke, England.<p />The graffiti on these helmets is, according to the website, by American soldiers and contractors.
This is the second most visited site in Italy after the Vatican, the home of the family that theoretically inspired the fictitious Capulets, adorned with thousands of lovers' notes.
