These are two photos of the same set of pencils. The difference between the black and white shot and the color is rather dramatic. The effect of tonality in art is super important. You can tell whether an artist is thinking about tone by seeing the image photographed in black and white. A great many impressionist effects rely completely upon color, the idea of black and white not playing much of a role in the idea. Certain Renoir paintings, in particular, bear this out. Cezanne, in contrast, was seriously concerned about both color and tone, and again black and white photography reveals it. Rewald's catalog of the artist's work is mostly black and white, but the solidity of the images still comes through. Even in reproduction, even in small plates.
The pencils above were arranged in their orderly pattern by the resident child, the Art Writer's "art child."
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