We are fortunate to live in an age of high quality, color reproduction capability. When faced with the two types of reproduction we have often hesitated considerably, for color photography is not a palette and it cannot be said that the colored photograph keeps all the painting's range of mystery, all the grace and energy the painter put into it. In placing them alongside each other we hoped that, from the two images, the reader might construct a third image in his own mind. There is a never-ending richness to great art, but it requires an informed spectator with the sensitivity to perceive it. I hope this has provided you with another tool to enhance your enjoyment of fine art.
Artchive visitors offer some responses discussing black and white imagery.