{"id":2411,"date":"2014-08-15T23:57:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T23:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2022-03-08T17:37:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T01:37:06","slug":"pieta-game-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/pieta-game-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Pieta Game Over: The Death of Mario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Pieta Game Over<\/b> is a beautiful work of art based on the Mario franchise and <i>La Piet\u00e0<\/i>, a Michelangelo marble statue housed in St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica. The stunning foam statue combines Florentine art with 8-bit gaming.<\/p>\n<p>Kordian Lewandowski carved an amazing statue of Mario and Princess Peach from polystyrene foam, mimicking the marble aesthetic of the Michelangelo original. The original statue depicts Jesus cradled in Mary&#8217;s lap after the crucifixion. In Lewandowski&#8217;s statue, Princess Peach as Mary cradles Mario. This reflects the true meaning of &#8216;game over.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The oversized <i>Pieta Game Over<\/i> is an ode to 8-bit battles and Mario&#8217;s constant fight for justice. <i>Pieta Game Over<\/i> towers over most who walk by it.<\/p>\n<p>Is it material that makes a sculpture, or the craftsmanship behind it? Lewandowski&#8217;s dedication shines through with this detailed piece.<\/p>\n<p>what do you think of this epic polysytrene statue? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n<h4>Pieta Game Over<\/h4>\n[justified_image_grid preset=1 ids=&#8221;2424,2422,2421,2419,2420,2418&#8243; thumbs_spacing=5 row_height=200 height_deviation=30 caption=off overlay=hovered overlay_color=#111111 overlay_opacity=0.4 outer_border_width=2 outer_border_color=#cccccc lightbox=prettyphoto margin=&#8221;10px 0&#8243; mobile_caption=off mobile_overlay=off]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Pieta Game Over is a beautiful work of art based on the Mario franchise and La Piet\u00e0, a Michelangelo marble statue housed in St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica. The stunning foam statue combines Florentine art with 8-bit gaming. Kordian Lewandowski carved an amazing statue of Mario and Princess Peach from polystyrene foam, mimicking the marble aesthetic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[172],"tags":[379,378,375,377,376],"yst_prominent_words":[9376,5804,7610,6193,9379,9375,6868,9374,6383,9378,9372,9371,9377,9373,5787],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67781,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions\/67781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}