Andrea Del Sarto- How Brownings Poetry Can Be Linked to...

Robert Brownings poem, ‘Andrea del Sarto presents the reader with his views on the painters life, an artist who has lost faith in the Parnassian ideal of living for art, and now has to use art as a living. The poem looks at the darker side of the painter when he was older, and expresses a lot about Browning as well, and how he thought his work was perceived, and the context of his life and times. The poem covers many ideas and themes, which not only create a powerful poem, but also create commentary from Brownings prerogative of his own situation. The poem epitomizes Brownings work, looking at a real figure in history, from Brownings own perspective, in a real state of affairs. Although ‘Del Sarto might have been regarded as ‘The†¦show more content†¦In Brownings time, artists such as Constable strove to find beauty in reality, without appealing to ‘fake looks. Furthermore, the poem shows his possessiveness over Lucrezia, ‘My face, my moon, my everybodys moon. However this contrasts to the dangerous and violent nature of the counts possessiveness in ‘My Last Duchess, another Browning poem. This is seemingly ironic since he does not object to his wife covertness with her cousin, urging her to ‘Go, my love. br brHowever, it is obvious that he thinks his art expresses a lot more about his wife to his audience, and does not like this being revealed to a ‘friends friend. This is where the inner conflict is firstly identified; he wants to have artistic integrity, though does not want to paint his wife as he sees her. He actually segregates himself from his audience as referring to himself and other artists a ‘we painters, and might think his picture of his wife will be looked upon incorrectly. Browning could easily of thought this about how his poetry was received. For example his poem, ‘Meeting at Night is an entire poem based on sexual metaphor, and many could just take this as it is; yet when accompanied by ‘Parting at Morning it relays a profound idea. This part of the poem suggests a divide and a possible disregard by browning of his audience. br brAs the poem continues, it starts to outline the foreboding feeling that ‘de Sarto has in his life. Browning uses the nouns ‘grayness and ‘silvers