I feel like they could help the onlookers of whatever they are taking a picture of to understand, and create more of an understanding of what they are looking at. This could also give lookers insight as to what the photographer was thinking (what they were feeling about the situation) when he/she took the picture
Neoclassicism is the term for movements in the arts that draw inspiration from the classical art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. The height of Neoclassicism coincided with the 18th century Enlightenment era and continued into the early 19th century.
