Mmonly found on classical Greek funerary monuments were: images of domestic scenes, mostly depicting women. I hope this information and the pictures at the referenced site are helpful in answering your question
There aren't any statements shown but I think i can help with the second part, artists in different times and places are influenced by the different things around them and by what is happening during that time.
For an example of different places; an artist at a beach would be more likely to draw the beach than an artist in a forest and the same way reversed.
An example of different times; an artist in the 1700s would portray people wearing different clothes than an artist would portray today.
<span>In The Story,The Lady with the Pet Dog, Dmitry Gurov meets a lovely woman named Anna at a seaside hotel. Though Gurov is a contemptuous, disagreeable character, he falls in love with Anna, and they have an affair. Upon his return to Moscow, Gurov assumes that he will forget Anna. When he doesn't, he seeks her out, and they find modest happiness together</span>
