In essence Baroque was more heavy handed and serious, whereas Rococo

emphasised lightness and even playfulness; Baroque tended towards formality

and classicism in many respects, where Rococo both was less explicitly formal
and far less focused on classicism. Baroque for example would use symmetry
extensively like in the CHURCH II GESU, whereas in Basilica at Ottobeuren
(Bavaria) in Rococo architecture played in some cases with balanced
asymmetries and even intentional imbalance to create dynamic tensions.