The sheltered body female is unlike the typical portrayal of the female nude that is open and engaging. In the painting, the nude woman is rendered crouching forward with her head down displaying no feminine features. Contrasting traditional feminine beauty, the woman is presented with a voluptuous shape and large hand and feet. The textured brushwork focuses the viewer on the body while the black outline creates a distinction of appendages and flattens the composition. Pan juxtaposes a soft cushioning and remaining pictorial space dense with short, hatched strokes which adds a sense of three-dimensionality and depth. The female’s triangular body dominates the composition and the subject is at the forefront of the reminisce of Chinese calligraphy techniques. The authority of the modern subject in the painting infers how the physical body in Chinese art was a new mode of visuality that challenged the dominance of body gestures established in calligraphy. The more conservative nude illustrates Pan’s ability to construct a forceful composition in a more subtle manner.