Isitayela seBaroque savela emfanekisweni weRenaissance, lowo, ukudweba emfanekisweni wasendulo wamaGreki namaRoma, okwenza isimo somuntu sibe sihle. Lokhu kwalungiswa yi-Mannerism, lapho abaculi belwela ukunikeza imisebenzi yabo isitayela esiyingqayizivele nesomuntu siqu. I-Mannerism yethula umqondo wezithombe eziqoshiwe ezibonisa umehluko oqinile; ubusha nobudala, ubuhle nobubi, abesilisa nabesifazane. I-Mannerism futhi yethula i-figura serpentin, eyaba isici esiyinhloko sezithombe eziqoshiwe ze-Baroque. Lokhu kwakuwukuhlelwa kwezibalo noma amaqembu ezibalo endaweni ezungezayo, enikeza ukukhanya nokunyakaza komsebenzi.[6]

UMichelangelo wethule i-figure serpentine ku-The Dying Slave (1513-1516) kanye ne-Genius Victorious (1520-1525), kodwa le misebenzi yayihloselwe ukubonakala endaweni eyodwa. Ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-16 umsebenzi womqophi wase-Italy u-Giambologna, Ukudlwengulwa Kwabesifazane Sabine (1581-1583). wethule isici esisha; lo msebenzi wawuhloselwe ukuba ubonakale hhayi kowodwa, kodwa ngokubuka okumbalwa, futhi washintsha kuye ngombono, Lokhu kwaba isici esivame kakhulu emdwebeni weBaroque. Umsebenzi kaGiambologna waba nethonya elinamandla kubaphathi benkathi yeBaroque, ikakhulukazi uBernini.[6]

Elinye ithonya elibalulekile eliholela endleleni yeBaroque kwakuyiSonto LamaKatolika, elalifuna izikhali zobuciko ekulweni nokudlondlobala kobuProthestani. UMkhandlu WaseTrent (1545–1563) wanikeza uPapa amandla amakhulu okuqondisa indalo yobuciko, futhi wezwakalisa ukuphika okunamandla kwezimfundiso zobuntu, ezaziwumgogodla wobuciko ngesikhathi seRenaissance.[7] Ngesikhathi sobupapa bukaPaul V (1605-1621) ibandla laqala ukuthuthukisa izimfundiso zobuciko ukuze kuliwe neNguquko, futhi lathuma abaculi abasha ukuba bazenze.