Humanism is the emphasizes the value of human beings instead of divine or supernatural matters.  Humans have started to become the main focus instead of the gods and goddesses.  This system was most common in Ancient Greek Art era and showed the parts of humans that were most valuable.  The art was focused on detailed parts of human beings instead of the different types of appearances the gods and goddesses may have had.

In Greek and Rome art, statues of gods and goddesses had more features of a human being.  They emphasize the body of men and their structure with facial expressions and their poses.  In the, it has very detailed parts of mankind for example, hair, muscle, facial expressions, etc.  It showed that even though the gods were worshiped, they still look like humans.  Nudity was also important to Greek humanism.  They embrace the nudity to show that everyone was equal, no matter where one stood socially, the human being physical structure was the same.

Mesopotamian and Egyptian art, however, focused more on hierarchy with the gods and the humans.  They portrayed through their artwork that god and goddesses were much more powerful than other beings. Therefore, when shown in an artwork they were not shown as human beings.  Gods and goddesses had heads the same as animals and the body of a man.  In the painting of Anubis, he is a god with a jackal head.  This shows how god and man were not be equal because the gods had a special appearance.  The reason being was to show the power they had over humans and that the gods were superior.

(Painting of Anubis)

(The Kouros figure)