beaux arts vs humanities

beaux arts and humanities both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beaux arts	Yes	No	No	No
humanities	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, humanities is a hypernym of beaux arts; that is, humanities is a word with a broader meaning than beaux arts:

beaux arts: the study and creation of visual works of art
humanities: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

Other hypernyms of beaux arts include arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts.

beaux arts (noun)	humanities (noun)
the study and creation of visual works of art	studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)