CHAPTER I

Browning’s General Interest in Art.

I. Subject Matter of Browning’s Poems 9 II. Interest in Music 10 III. Relation to Painting 10 IV. Relation to Sculpture 12 V. Significance of the Preceding Sections 12 VI. Time Spent in Italy 13 VII. English Knowledge of Italian Art in Browning’s Time 13 VIII. Non-English Themes and Settings in General 14 IX. A Quantitative Statement 14