God Judging Adam 

William Blake made this watercolor called 'God Judging Adam'. The image is arresting: we see Adam, bent double, pulling the chariot of God, who sits in judgment. Blake was a fiercely independent artist in late eighteenth-century Britain. He trained at the Royal Academy, but soon rejected its conventions, choosing to make art and poetry that critiqued Enlightenment rationalism and the established church. He preferred spiritual insight and the power of imagination. Here, Blake inverts conventional ideas about God and humanity. Typically, God is seen as benevolent, but Blake depicts him as a tyrannical figure. Adam, the supposed master of creation, is reduced to a beast of burden, a slave to God's will. This subversion of traditional roles reflects Blake’s radical social views. To fully grasp Blake’s vision, we need to delve into his writings and the intellectual climate of his time, exploring how his art challenged the social and institutional norms. Only then can we appreciate the full force of his artistic rebellion.