Special attention may be directed to the groups of angels attendant on the Creator in His last day's work; to the "Adoration of the Shepherds," distinguished by tender and idyllic grace: and to the "Adoration of the Magi," marked no less by majesty.

The dead breaking open the lids of their sarcophagi and rising to judgment are justly famous for spirited action.
[69] In Gothic sculpture of an early date the Bible narrative is literally represented.

God draws Eve from the open side of sleeping Adam.
On the facade of Orvieto this motive is less altered than refined.

The wound in Adam's side is visible, but Eve is coming from behind his sleeping body in obedience to the beckoning hand of her Creator.

Ghiberti in the bronze gate of the Florentine Baptistery still further develops the poetic beauty of the motive.