"In Romare Bearden (1914-88) Harlem found its own history painter, an artist who won dominion over form by studying the Old Masters, and then reinvigorated it with the jazzy rhythms pioneered in painting by Stuart Davis, the master of...
"Games of chance were popular among the Romans, even though there were strict laws intended to limit their dangerous consequences. For example, gambling debts were denied legal recognition." (Caption, p. 146)