According to Francisco Calvo Serraller, "the nude is not only an art form, but it is the explanation or the very raison d'être of Western art: that dramatic point or intersection between the natural and the celestial, between the ideal and the real, between the carnal and the spiritual, between the body and the soul" (Calvo Serraller (2005, p. 61)). Javier Portús, curator of the Museo del Prado, also believes that "for centuries the nude has been the artistic form par excellence in the West, the one capable of expressing better than any other the values of color and pictorial matter". (Portús, Javier (April 2004). "Pasion por los desnudos" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2011.) Calvo Serraller, Francisco (2005). Los géneros de la pintura (in Spanish). Madrid: Taurus. ISBN84-306-0517-7.
According to Francisco Calvo Serraller, "the nude is not only an art form, but it is the explanation or the very raison d'être of Western art: that dramatic point or intersection between the natural and the celestial, between the ideal and the real, between the carnal and the spiritual, between the body and the soul" (Calvo Serraller (2005, p. 61)). Javier Portús, curator of the Museo del Prado, also believes that "for centuries the nude has been the artistic form par excellence in the West, the one capable of expressing better than any other the values of color and pictorial matter". (Portús, Javier (April 2004). "Pasion por los desnudos" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2011.) Calvo Serraller, Francisco (2005). Los géneros de la pintura (in Spanish). Madrid: Taurus. ISBN84-306-0517-7.
