Chimiro cheBaroque chakabuda kubva pachivezwa cheRenaissance, icho, chichidhirowa pachivezwa chechiGiriki nechiRoma, chakange chave chakanakira chimiro chemunhu. Izvi zvakagadziridzwa neMannerism, apo maartist akayedza kupa mabasa avo akasiyana uye ega maitiro. Mannerism yakatanga pfungwa yezvivezwa zvine misiyano yakasimba; pwere nezera, runako nekushata, varume nevakadzi. Mannerism yakaunzawo figura serpentina, iyo yakava chimiro chikuru cheBaroque chivezwa. Uku kwakanga kuri kurongwa kwenhamba kana kuti mapoka ezviumbwa mukukwira kunokwira, izvo zvaipa kureruka uye kufamba kunoshanda.[6]

Michelangelo akanga aunza nhamba yenyoka muThe Dying Slave (1513-1516) uye Genius Victorious (1520-1525), asi mabasa aya aifanirwa kuonekwa kubva pane imwe nzvimbo yekuona. Mukupera kwezana ramakore rechi 16 basa remuvezi weItaly Giambologna, The Rape of the Sabine Women (1581-1583). akaunza chinhu chitsva; basa iri raiitirwa kuti rionekwe kwete kubva kune rimwe chete, asi kubva kune akati wandei maonero, uye rakashandurwa zvichienderana nemaonero, Ichi chakava chinhu chakajairika muBaroque sculpture. Basa raGiambologna raive nesimba rakasimba pavatenzi venguva yeBaroque, kunyanya Bernini.[6]

Imwe pesvedzero inokosha yakatungamirira kumuitiro weBaroque yakanga iri Chechi yeKaturike, iyo yakanga ichitsvaka zvombo zvounyanzvi mukurwisana nokumuka kwePurotesitendi. Kanzuru yeTrent (1545–1563) yakapa Pope masimba makuru ekutungamira kusikwa kwehunyanzvi, uye yakaratidza kusatendera kwakasimba dzidziso dzehumanism, dzaive pakati pehunyanzvi munguva yeRenaissance.[7] Munguva yehupontificate hwaPaul V (1605–1621) chechi yakatanga kugadzira dzidziso dzehunyanzvi kuti dzipikisane neReformation, uye ikatuma vanyori vatsva kuti vazviite.