It can be inferred that the author mentions Ellison's apprenticeship with Richmond Barthe primarily in order to A. show that Ellison drew upon some aspects of the visual arts in developing his ideas for Invisible Man B. show that Ellison's claim for the superiority of the language drive from his experience with other are forms C. establish that Ellison had experience with an art form that interested many leading figures of the 1930s Harlem art scene D. suggest that in the 1930s the Harlem art scene provided an environment in which artists were likely to work in several media E. qualify Ellison's reservations about visual renderings of his work by showing that he was not indifferent to visual art