Gardiner intends his many footnotes to act as counterpoint to his main argument, in the manner of Richard Holmes.
What that meant in practical terms was the enhancement of two modern-day characters to act as counterpoint to the historical scenes with West: Charlie, the male lead, and Jo, a none-too-veiled stand-in for Ms. Shear.
Picked out in olive branches, lilies, the doom-laden gifts of frankincense and myrrh, the crown of thorns and the instruments of scourging, the dark gold of a Flemish altarpiece acts as counterpoint to Tom Pye's video backdrops of early-morning traffic, office blocks and scudding clouds.
He will have his own joy and sadness, his own memories and dreams to act as counterpoint and compass through these worlds of words.
In the course of "NW" Ms. Smith introduces several other characters — not unlike Septimus Warren Smith in "Mrs. Dalloway" — whose stories act as counterpoints to those of Natalie and Leah.
He served as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, where he acted as a counterpoint to Gov. Meldrim Thomson, a conservative Republican who opposed an income tax.
Thoughtful and irreverent fringe shows like that of The Hague school have always acted as refreshing counterpoints to the commercial bombast of the Salone, but last week they provided a sorely needed energy and sense of purpose.
His illustrations didn't just illustrate: they acted as a joyful counterpoint to Dahl's words, with a narrative thrust all their own.
BBC Wales's elegiac memoir of the British and Irish Lions' triumphant 1971 tour of New Zealand, written and presented by my colleague Eddie Butler, acted as a delightful counterpoint to a less than vintage World Cup (I lost count of the number of times commentator Nick Mullins told us "It's not pretty," the final one appearing 10 minutes from the end of yesterday's final).
This is something he has been exploring for over a decade: a purist approach to colour and form that acts as a counterpoint to his figurative pictures.
Kass's compositional inventiveness shows particularly in city scenes, where the tapering blade acts as a counterpoint to the slanting perspectives of streets and buildings.
