Duccio di Buoninsegna and his workshop differ from Joos van Cleve in numerous ways. Both artists were influenced by the diverse works of their time. For example, Duccio lived and worked in the period between the art of the late Middle Ages and the pre-Renaissance, which emphasized the shift from simply hiding figures to making them more realistic than earlier works of art. Joos van Cleve lived in the Renaissance period, following Duccio by over two hundred years, in which the act of making figures more lifelike with greater depth had been perfected. These differences and similarities can be seen most clearly with Duccio's Triptych: the Crucifixion; the Redeemer with angels; Saint Nicholas; The Crucifixion of Saint Gregory and Joos. Duccio di Buoninsegna and his workshop produced this piece in the late medieval and pre-Renaissance periods, which provided the piece with a mixture of different styles. The main theme of this piece revolves around the plot of the death and resurrection of Christ. Angels surround Christ in a circular formation when he lies on the cross, and when he is resurrected two angels flank him on the pinnacle. Meanwhile, two larger groups of mourners are firmly tied to the slight hill supporting the cross. At the base of the cross, a corpse also appears to rise from the dead, apparently by the blood of Christ as it is attached to the cross (Figure 1). This could represent how all souls will be resurrected, because Christ gave his body and blood for all people. On the two doors of the triptych, Saint Nicholas and Gregory follow the pattern of being arranged symmetrically together with the rest of the triptych. Although each saint differs in color, they both hold their right hand up... in the center of the card... lifelike and realistic. This can be seen in Joos' painting in the way the figures have shadows and are arranged in perspective, compared to Duccio's where there is only a foreground and the figures are rigidly attached to the ground. However, both artworks are similar in subject matter, and the viewer can clearly see how Duccio influenced Joos by continuing to paint the bones at the foot of the cross. Both paintings are from different eras, but each of them has similarities and differences. Works Cited Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Museum label for Joos van Cleve, The Crucifixion. Boston, February 1, 2014. “Figure 1-5.” Triptych: the Crucifixion; the Redeemer with angels; Saint Nicholas; Saint Gregory. (1311-1318 AD). Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA."Figure 6-8." The Crucifixion. (1525 AD). Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.