Answer: It depends on what the artist emphasizes.
Explanation:
Everyone has his own interpretation of any thing that we see in real life, so also every artist has his way of displaying the imagery and importance using art,
What one artist may emphasizes on may be different from what the another artist does.
He used all the elements of art line shape etc
The color is used for to draw the viewer eye to the drill that is holding the ribbon
He used black background and grill placed in front of the back drop that is colorful
hope it helps
The classical music was popular music at the time. So I would go with that, nationalism, and immigration. Do not quote me on it though.