<p>A comprehensive gallery of the best street art from around the world. </p><p>For years, graffiti art sat on the fence separating vandalism and public art. Today it's matured into street art -- a form of public art marking cities around the world.</p><p><i>Global Street Art</i> is a splendid collection of some of the best around the world, investigating the media the artists work with, the &quot;canvases&quot; they work on, the themes that arise through their work, and the &quot;galleries&quot; in which they choose to set their work. </p><p>The types of street art and the methods used vary widely, so the book organizes the photographs into categories in these chapters:</p><ul><li>Introduction: A brief history of graffiti and street art </li><li>Global Breakdown: USA, Europe/UK, South America, and Rest of the World </li><li>Techniques: Graf/Letters, Freehand Spraycan, Stencil, Stickers and Posters, Atypical Techniques, Durable Techniques, and Ephemeral Techniques, and more</li><li>Spaces: Plants, Integration, Shadow and Photo, Spaces and Faces </li><li>Movements: Alluding to 3D, Anamorphism, Photorealism, Text Work, Calligraphy, Geometry, and more</li><li>Surfaces: Vehicles, Roads, Passenger Trains, Freight, and more </li><li>Themes: Animals, Hip-hop Characters, Robots, and more </li><li>Ad-busting/Activism </li><li>International Street Art Festivals and Projects. </li></ul><p></p><p>Street artists are startlingly talented -- they create witty, provocative and sentimental art.<i>Global Street Art</i> presents their painted world. </p>