Farr summarised this influence by commenting, "As a pioneer of the strip cartoon, Hergé was not afraid to draw on one modern medium to develop another".
Thanks to Mr Gates, it has become known as one of the leading practitioners of "philanthrocapitalism", an approach that draws on modern business practices and an entrepreneurial spirit to get more from its money.But not everyone is confident of the foundation's success.
Terra Incognita draws on modern urban legends and ancient cartography to consider the perils of journeying into the unknown and is set to a new score by Gabriel Prokofiev.
The Los Angeles-based company will also perform other work by Ms. Washington, who draws on modern dance, ballet and African-American vernacular dance for her choreography, and by Donald McKayle, with whom she danced.
Their music is also relatively incongruous to their station: instead of drawing on modern pop forms, most of their songs are written and performed as a kind of fluorescent pop-rock, which has deepened expressively and aerobically with each successive album.
They've got loads of "really pretty tunes", according to their PR, who knows that we're suckers for pretty up here, especially when the prettiness is balanced by a powerful, pristine production that draws on modern dance styles from R&B to EDM.
"Instead of Steinbeck's dust bowl images of 1930s poverty, the Springsteen song draws on modern images of homelessness and inequality," The Guardian said of the tune.
Bianca has personally studied consciousness and self-awareness for over twenty years, drawing on modern and age old teachings in her own practise, determined to find a single common thread of authentic truth which is relevant to modern living.
Hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, A Tribe Called Red are a First Nations DJ/producer collective making music that draws on modern hip-hop, traditional powwow drums, and stadium-sized electronic production, while addressing indigenous issues in Canada and worldwide.
Few have drawn on modern technology and contemporary understanding of paediatric critical illness to study myocardial status and haemodynamic response to fluid expansion.
