To depict the true meaning of game over, artist Kordian Lewandowski called on Mario, Princess Peach and, well, Jesus.


Carved by a 24-year-old Michelangelo, La Pietá shows Mary cradling Jesus in her lap after he has been crucified. The statue was vandalized in the early 1970s when an Australian geologist took a hammer to the sculpture. The work resides in St. Peter's Basilica behind bullet proof (and hammer proof) glass.


Lewandowski's work "Game Over" is made from a large block of polystyrene foam and features Peach holding Mario in her arms. The work is gaming's take on Michelangelo's sculpture.

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This photo should give you an idea of just how large the completed work is.

Pieta "Game Over" by ~Kordianl on deviantART [deviantART] [Pic]