Accomplished paintings are far more lifelike, though they are, of course, elaborate constructions, drawing on centuries of iconography.
"Lucretia" (1946), with a libretto by Ronald Duncan, draws on centuries of depictions of the rape of a Roman matron by an Etruscan prince, and her subsequent suicide.
But the rightful center of the music is Mr. Qasimov's voice, drawing on centuries of tradition to set the moment of performance aflame.
They bought the two-acre farm and set about shaking off their urban selves, farming sustainably and organically, drawing on centuries of rural Japanese wisdom.
Each of these objects has been handmade and handpainted in China by artisans drawing on centuries of traditional technique honed in the porcelain-manufacturing city of Jingdezhen.
The answer, according to the fascinating "Building Big," is expert engineering, drawing on centuries of tunnel-making history and the implementation of ventilation towers that allowed for airflow into different layers of the tunnel's tubes.
King Muhammad VI, sporting the traditional garb of Moroccan sultans, passed slowly through the crowd astride a purebred Arab stallion, as servants sheltered him from the scorching sun with a giant parasol.This was the ceremony of the baya, an annual pledge of allegiance to the monarch that draws on centuries of tradition as well as Muslim custom.
We here in the UK want nothing more than to provide you, our guests, with a fantastic experience this summer, combining the best in international sport, brilliant facilities, fantastic entertainment and a cultural legacy that draws on centuries of excellence in art and architecture.
Imagine what Europeans might have created: a constitution drawing on centuries of political experience and informed by tragic wisdom borne of millenniums of wars; a document influenced by European philosophers like Hobbes and Rousseau, Hume and Kant, Machiavelli and Montesquieu, who addressed fundamental questions about government and human nature.
