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By Zach Betka published 25 October 2013

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Warhol or Witcher?

Warhol or Witcher?

Youve already tested your literary mettle by attempting to tell video game quotes apart from classic literary quotes. Care to step up to the plate once again? This time were going visual, asking you to tell the difference between the concept art of video games and classic art. We've come a long way from the puny pixelated pictures that used to pervade our projects. Now it's stunning, like really stunning. I'm sure we'll all that a desktop wallpaper with art from one video game or another (and if not, get ready to).

So here goes the quiz. Just like at the eye doctors, this will be a this...or this quiz. Every two slides will either have concept art or classic/contemporary art from the 1820s to the 1940s. Grab some paper and write down which one you think is the concept art, there will be an answer key on the last slide that you can compare your answers to. Think itll be easy? Well it may be, but at least by the end of it youll have seen 30 gorgeous new pictures. Good luck!

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1. A

1. A

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1. B

1. B

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2. A

2. A

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2. B

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3. A

3. A

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3. B

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4. A

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4. B

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5. A

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5. B

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6. A

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6. B

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7. A

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7. B

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8. A

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8. B

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9. A

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10. A

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11. A

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12. A

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13. A

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13. B

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Grasp the concept?

Grasp the concept?

Whew! How'd it go? Check your answers with the answer key below and let us know in the comments!

Also shout out to Allison Huey, the artist who helped us find all the classic pieces for this quiz.

Answer Key

1.
A) Fable concept art
B) Isle of the Dead, version 5 by Arnold Bocklin

2.
A) Running for Home by Charles Napier Hemy
B) Assassins Creed concept art

3.
A) Lumen 6.2 by Michael Whelan
B) Evelon concept art

4.
A) Shiva the Destroyer by George Grie
B) God of War concept art

5.
A) Grand Theft Auto
B) New York Office by Edward Hopper

6.
A) Lair concept art
B) Twilight in the Wilderness by Frederic Edwin Chruch

7.
A) League of Legends concept art
B) Untitled (no title listed) by Adam Rex

8.
A)Sentinels by Michael Whelan
B) Perry Rhodan concept art

9.
A) Looking Down Yosemite Valley by Albert Bierstadt
B) R.U.S.E. concept art

10.
A) Beyond: Two Souls concept art
B) Interior of a Church by Max Emanuel Ainmiller

11.
A) R.U.S.E. concept art
B) Gentle Annie by Steven Heyen

12.
A) Times Square by Leonid Afremov
B) Path of Neo concept art

13.
A) No title listed by Roger Dean (he actually sued James Cameron for stealing his ideas in Avatar)
B) The Witcher concept art

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