Humiliation 1807

Editor: Here we have John Flaxman's "Humiliation" at the Tate. The stark lines really emphasize the subservient posture of the figure on the right. What does this drawing tell you? Curator: I'm drawn to the process. Notice the clean, almost mechanical lines of the etching? It speaks to the industrialization influencing even artistic production at the time. How does this mass-producible image affect our understanding of a concept like "humiliation"? Editor: That's a perspective I hadn't considered. It challenges the traditional notion of art as a unique, hand-crafted object. Curator: Precisely! The very means of production informs the message. I wonder, does the image's replicability diminish or amplify the feeling of "humiliation" it portrays? Editor: Interesting. It gives me a lot to reflect on.