Humanities

The philosopher Plato

The humanities include languages, literature, music, philosophy, politics, history, media, the classics, religion, and the visual and performing arts. Additional subjects sometimes included in the humanities are anthropology, area studies, communications and cultural studies, although these are often regarded as social sciences. It was popular in the Renaissance ages.

The arts are usually considered as part of the humanities. These include visual arts such as painting and sculpture, as well as performing arts such as theatre and dance, and literature. Other humanities such as language are sometimes considered to be part of the arts, for example as the language arts.

The humanities study the human condition and mostly use methods that are analytic, critical, or speculative and not as empirical as natural and social sciences.

Humanities Media

Bust of Homer, the most famous Greek poet
The philosopher Plato depicted in a Roman copy of a work by Silanion for the Academia in Athens (c. 370 BC)
A trial at a criminal court, the Old Bailey in London
William Shakespeare authored some of the most acclaimed works in English literature.
The works of Søren Kierkegaard overlap into many fields of the humanities, such as philosophy, literature, theology, music, and classical studies.
A concert at Mozarteum University Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria
Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (1107–1187) of Song dynasty; fan mounted as album leaf on silk, four columns in cursive script.
Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the world.