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Browning's View of Art, "Andrea del Sarto" and "Fra Lippo Lippi."
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Browning's View of Art, "Andrea del Sarto" and "Fra Lippo Lippi." Browning was not half so interested in his age and its problems as Tennyson was, he deliberately chose to keep himself aloof from the conditions of his time. Other than social problems, his attention was captivated by a great variety of things. His interests were neither narrow nor insular, nor he sought to circumscribe his genius by confining his muse to the singing of the social, political and economic conditions of his age. He was interested in a wide variety of subjects and his poetry reveals him as a lover of art, psychology, philosophy, love, crime and a variety of other subjects. Though his basic interest was centered in human beings, the soul and its varied and multifarious phases, his poems like "Andrea del Sarto" and "Fra Lippo Lippi" testify his interest in art and painting. For Browning art is...
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