Galant style
18th-century movement in music, arts and literature / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the artistic movement. For the Mitsubishi automobile, see Mitsubishi Galant.
For people named "Galant", see Galant (name).
The galant style was an 18th-century movement in music, visual arts and literature. In Germany a closely related style was called the empfindsamer Stil (sensitive style).[1] Another close relative is rococo style.[clarification needed] The galant style was drawn in opposition to the strictures of the Baroque style, emphasizing light elegance in place of the Baroque's dignified seriousness and high grandeur.[2][3]