Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard. Classicism directly affects Idealism. Classicism is a movement in which modern artists tried to replicate the art and style of the Roman and Greek Empires. It directly affects Idealism. They believed that with a sound body, one must also have a sound mind and they held a high standard of perfection.
Art serves social ends through propaganda and subtle persuasion.
The Turks used Turgas, a design of imperial emblems to symbolize authority. The Turga, a piece of art, affected the status of someone, as well as how society viewed that person. The context which a work expresses both affects society and is affected by it. When someone sees a picture of Napoleon, in their minds they imagine a great general on a giant white horse leading his troops to victory. Yet the artist has stereotyped the subject to fit the view that society has of Napoleon.