What is Humanities?
[[Image:Delphi Platon statue 1.jpg|thumb|right|The philosopher Plato]] The '''humanities''' include [[languages]], [[literature]], [[music]], [[philosophy]], [[politics]], [[history]], [[Media (communication)|media]], the [[classics]], [[religion]], and the [[visual arts|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 [[analysis|analytic]], [[critical]], or speculative and not as empirical as [[natural science|natural]] and [[social sciences]]. == Related pages == * [[Human nature]] * [[Human science]] * [[Liberal arts]] * [[Trivium]] == Other websites == * [http://www.hums.org.uk/ The Humanities Association - UK] * [http://www.humbul.ac.uk/ UK Humanities Hub] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911065828/http://www.humbul.ac.uk/ |date=2007-09-11 }} * [http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/ Australian Humanities Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110003932/http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/ |date=2006-01-10 }} * [http://www.humanities.org.au/ Australian Academy of the Humanities] * [http://www.virginiafoundation.org/ Virginia Foundation for the Humanities] * [http://www.masshumanities.org/ Mass Humanities / Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities] == References == [[Category:Humanities| ]]