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]
In music, the galant emphasis was on simplicity, immediacy of appeal, and elegance. [4] [5]
In fashion, galant featured perfumed handkerchiefs and powdered wigs for both sexes. [6] The fantastic exotic asymmetry of bizarre silk patterns were symptomatic of galant tastes.[ citation needed]
The dictionary definition of galant style at Wiktionary