It is always difficult when we compare the styles across multiple art forms. Baroque is both a period and the style that dominated it, in the arts. The Baroque style used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, and music. There is a heavy use of counterpoint, instead of using a simple single line melody. Examples are the music of J.S. Bach, Handle, Vivaldi.
