ru·mi·na·tion - n. 1) A calm, lengthy, intent consideration  2) The act of pondering; meditation.
By precedent, I am referring to the work of past artists who, through experiment and discovery, created a basis, a foundation, from which we have come to understand art and the nature of the visual world around us. 

The precedent which I hope to examine is the nature of the anatomical and figurative towards achieving a higher standard in my own work with guidance and patience.