Isitayile seBaroque savela kumfanekiso oqingqiweyo weRenaissance, owathi, umzobo kumfanekiso oqingqiweyo wamaGrike nowamaRoma, wawuphucule uhlobo lomntu. Oku kwatshintshwa yiMannerism, xa amagcisa azabalazela ukunika imisebenzi yawo isimbo esikhethekileyo nesomntu. Isimilo sazisa ingcamango yemifanekiso eqingqiweyo ebonisa umahluko oqinileyo; ulutsha kunye nobudala, ubuhle kunye nobubi, amadoda kunye nabasetyhini. I-Mannerism yazisa i-figura serpentina, eyaba luphawu oluphambili lomfanekiso oqingqiweyo weBaroque. Oku yayikukulungelelaniswa kwamanani okanye amaqela emizobo ekwi-spiral enyukayo, nto leyo eyenza kube lula nokushukuma komsebenzi [6].

UMichelangelo waye wazisa umzobo wenyoka kwi-Dying Slave (1513-1516) kunye neGenius Victorious (1520-1525), kodwa le misebenzi yayilungiselelwe ukuba ibonwe kwindawo enye. Ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-16 umsebenzi womkroli waseItali uGiambologna, Udlwengulo lwabaseTyhini baseSabine (1581-1583). yazisa into entsha; lo msebenzi wenzelwe ukuba ubonwe hayi ukusuka kwenye, kodwa ukusuka kwiimbono ezininzi, kwaye utshintshe ngokuxhomekeke kwimbono, Oku kwaba yinto eqhelekileyo kwimifanekiso eqingqiweyo yeBaroque. Umsebenzi kaGiambologna waba nefuthe elinamandla kwiinkosi zexesha leBaroque, ngakumbi iBernini.[6]

Enye impembelelo ebalulekileyo eyakhokelela kwisimbo seBaroque yiCawa yamaKatolika, eyayifuna izixhobo zobugcisa kwidabi elichasene nokuvela kobuProtestanti. IBhunga laseTrent (1545–1563) lanika uPopu amagunya amakhulu okukhokela indalo yobugcisa, laza lavakalisa ukungamkelwa okumandla kweemfundiso zobuntu, ezazingundoqo kubugcisa ngexesha leRenaissance.[7] Ngexesha likapopu kaPaul V (1605–1621) icawe yaqalisa ukuphuhlisa iimfundiso zobugcisa zokuchasa uHlaziyo, yaza yayalela amagcisa amatsha ukuba aziphumeze.