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Filmmakers and visual artists have often taken up themes and subjects that take old paintings and transform them into complex movie scenes or cinematic productions. All these approaches fall under the label "transmedia", that is, a subject or a theme is transformed from an artistic object (related to the media through which it is expressed) into another artistic object, with other means of expression and another vocabulary. (Film adaptation of a novel is a similar endeavor, but the translation from painting to cinematography, although not as easily recognized by the general public, is much more spectacular).   Cinematic reconstructions of famous and less famous paintings involve bringing the visual and narrative elements of artworks to life through film. This can be achieved through various techniques, such as live-action adaptations, animated sequences, or even incorporating the paintings into the narrative structure of a film. Here are some notable examples: Famous Painting...

 The reconstruction of famous paintings with actors is an important Transmedia exercise. A great diversity of video and photographic projects, carried out over time, attracted attention. Among the most recent initiatives of this kind is that of the photographer Mark Preuschl who made in Wisconsin, USA, a modern recreation of Georges Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.  The photographer chose to use modern clothing for his characters, but the composition of the frame was careful not only by positioning the people (and accessories) in the pictorial field, but (especially) by matching the light and shadows. Thus, the performance goes beyond the simple stage of technical curiosity and translation of a subject from one medium to another and constitutes an additional element of analysis and reference for the masterpiece of pointist painting. The effects of light and shadow, their pictorial capture, was the central element of Impressionism and of the immedia...