Fileteado
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Fileteado is a type of artistic drawing, with stylised lines and flowered, climbing plants typically used in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is used to adorn all kind of beloved objects, signs, taxis, lorries and even the old Colectivos, Buenos Aires' buses.
Filetes (the lines in Fileteado style) are usually full of colored ornaments and symmetries completed with poetic phrases, sayings and aphorisms, both humorous or roguish, emotional or philosophical. They have been part of the culture of the Porteños (inhabitants of Buenos Aires) since the beginnings of the 20th century.
 Street sign at Corrientes Avenue 348 |
 House on Jean Jaures street. |
 Shop on Jean Jaures street. |
 Phrases with fileteado Abasto neighbourhood |
 Oldtimer Taxi with fileteado |
 Carlos Gardel painting, by Arce |
 Mural Painting, by Muscia (1998) |
 Vaca Fileteada for the Cow Parade, by Muscia (2006) |
For a modern example of its use, see the cover of the 2005 album Haughty Melodic by Mike Doughty.
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