el arte: sus beneficios y barreras en su integración en los campos de la salud.

Abstract

The fields of art and health are two branches that have a concept, notable difference for their use and application, one being to promote creativity and the other to develop something through proven studies, but both fulfill the same objective in which it is to contribute to the physical and psychological well-being of the life of the human being, being the art in charge of understanding, communicating concepts, emotions and empathy, while health seeks psychological and social well-being not only by focusing on diseases but also by providing a comprehensive balance in aspects of life. This union has always been present for a long time starting from the beginnings where the first paintings found in the caves being known as "cave paintings" whose evidence through petroglyphs that shows what life, routine, culture, spirituality and medicine of prehistory was like, using the pictorial technique as a means of engraving that managed to last for a long time. Another evidence was in ancient Greece supported by one of the doctors named Hippocrates because he considered his work as an art stating that Both manifestations encompass the human being, describe him, study him, diagnose him and magnify him in order to enhance him. The moment where both fields had a more evidently historical union was during the Renaissance, known for being a cultural movement produced in Europe from the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, where its purpose was the profound renewal of thought, arts and sciences, thus both branches of study were able to have very significant advances thanks to science where the purpose of observation and experimentation served as a means to to investigate the Anthropocentric philosophy that used the human being as an object of study in both fields. In the postmodern context, a great diversity of styles, techniques and materials in art and health were explored, being that it was the time when it was difficult for them to relate, but a great conclusion was reached by exploring how artistic practices can influence health, well-being and vice versa. Currently it is already a fact that both branches are related to promote advances being used in therapies with artistic practices as a way to understand the emotional state that a person has because illustrations allow the knowledge that passes through the mind of the individual that is being studied, it is also used in a spiritual way because it helps to strengthen body and mind. The WHO also supports art as a very seriously effective means for both physical and emotional health in clinics and in other spaces such as schools, universities, etc. This relationship is also demonstrated in the educational channels provided by Ministries of Health where, through graphics, animations and posters, they demonstrate the use of art as a means to promote a clearer and more precise message on what to do to prevent a disease or detect if you suffer from an emotional problem.