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Editor: This drawing by John Flaxman in the Tate collection depicts what looks like a monument on wheels. I'm struck by how the delicate lines seem at odds with the monumentality it's trying to convey. What can you tell me about it? Curator: Consider the labor involved in producing this image. Flaxman, a celebrated sculptor, renders a proposed monument not in marble, but in humble pencil. This highlights the means of production – a shift from grand commission to portable, reproducible design. How does this democratize artistic vision? Editor: So, it's less about the finished object and more about the process of designing it? Curator: Precisely. It encourages us to question the traditional hierarchy of art forms and the very definition of "monument." We see the artistic vision at its source. Editor: I never thought about it that way. The sketch becomes a monument to the idea itself, rather than the physical manifestation. Curator: Exactly. And that shift challenges us to re-evaluate the role of art within the wider context of society and consumption.