Chojambula cha Baroque chinachokera ku chosema cha Renaissance, chomwe, chojambula pazithunzi zakale zachi Greek ndi Aroma, zidapangitsa mawonekedwe amunthu. Izi zidasinthidwa ndi Mannerism, pomwe ojambula adayesetsa kupatsa ntchito zawo mawonekedwe apadera komanso aumwini. Mannerism inayambitsa lingaliro la ziboliboli zokhala ndi kusiyanitsa kwakukulu; unyamata ndi zaka, kukongola ndi kuipa, amuna ndi akazi. Mannerism inayambitsanso figura serpentin, yomwe inakhala chikhalidwe chachikulu cha chosema cha Baroque. Uwu unali dongosolo la ziwerengero kapena magulu a ziwerengero zokwera mozungulira, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti ntchitoyo ikhale yopepuka komanso yoyenda.[6]

Michelangelo adayambitsa chithunzi cha serpentine mu The Dying Slave (1513-1516) ndi Genius Victorious (1520-1525), koma ntchito izi zimayenera kuwonedwa kuchokera kumalo amodzi. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1500, wojambula wa ku Italy Giambologna, The Rape of the Sabine Women (1581-1583). adayambitsa chinthu chatsopano; Ntchitoyi imayenera kuwonedwa osati kuchokera kumodzi, koma kuchokera kuzinthu zingapo, ndikusintha malingana ndi malingaliro, Izi zinakhala zofala kwambiri mu chosema cha Baroque. Ntchito ya Giambologna inali ndi chikoka champhamvu pa ambuye a nthawi ya Baroque, makamaka Bernini.[6]

Chisonkhezero china chofunika chomwe chinatsogolera ku kalembedwe ka Baroque chinali Tchalitchi cha Katolika, chomwe chinali kufunafuna zida zaluso polimbana ndi kufalikira kwa Chipulotesitanti. Bungwe la Trent (1545-1563) linapatsa Papa mphamvu zokulirapo zowongolera zaluso, ndipo adatsutsa kwambiri ziphunzitso za humanism, zomwe zinali zofunika kwambiri pazaluso mu nthawi ya Renaissance.[7] Munthawi ya upapa wa Paulo V (1605-1621) tchalitchi chinayamba kupanga ziphunzitso zaluso zolimbana ndi kukonzanso, ndikulamula ojambula atsopano kuti azichita.