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Rococo vs Galant - What's the difference?

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As a noun rococo

is a style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th century France, having elaborate ornamentation.

As an adjective rococo

is of, or relating to the rococo style.

As a proper noun Galant is

a musical stylistic term principally occurring during the transition from the Baroque to the Classical period, a few decades either side of 1750, which showed more classically simplistic traits in comparison to the highly embellished and texturally complex precedent in the Baroque period.

rococo

English

Noun

(wikipedia rococo) (-)
  • A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th century France, having elaborate ornamentation.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or relating to the rococo style.
  • Over-elaborate or complicated.
  • Old-fashioned.

    • galant

    English

    Proper noun

    (head)
  • (music) a musical stylistic term principally occurring during the transition from the Baroque]] to the Classical period, a few decades either side of 1750, which showed more classically simplistic [[trait, traits in comparison to the highly embellished and texturally complex precedent in the Baroque period.

    • Derived terms

    * Galante * style galant * galant style * galante style

    See also

    * Rococo