should try to do more than what they can easily reach Ah but a man's reach should exceed his grasp Or what's a heaven for This line shows a Renaissance belief that a person should always try for more even if he fails Andrea dreams of perfect art just like Renaissance artists Raphael and Michelangelo Love for Art and Beauty The Renaissance was famous for beautiful paintings sculptures and poems Art was very important In Browning s poem Fra Lippo Lippi the speaker is also a real-life painter He wants to paint real human bodies like the Prior s mistress or the men in the neighbourhood But the Church wants him to paint only holy things So he says Can t I take breath and try to add life s flash Fra Lippo wants to combine flesh and soul in art This shows the Renaissance love for art and the beauty of real life Moreover in My Last Duchess the Duke owns wonderful pieces of art like the painting of his last Duchess and a bronze statue of Neptune Though the Duke s art collection is only a way to show his pride and power we nonetheless find the Renaissance beauty of art Individualism Renaissance men wanted to express their own ideas and feelings Browning s dramatic monologues are perfect examples of this In My Last Duchess the Duke shows a painting of his last Duchess his dead wife and talks about her He expresses his own ideas and feelings about her He talks about her smiling too much at everyone Slowly we understand that the duke is proud jealous cruel and controlling He says I gave commands Then all smiles stopped together This means he probably had her killed So here we see the strong individuality of the Renaissance people even if they are flawed Interest in Earthly Life Renaissance thinkers believed in enjoying life on earth not just waiting for heaven In The Last Ride Together the speaker is a rejected lover But instead of feeling sad he asks for one last ride with the woman He says Your leave for one last ride with me He feels happy to live in the present moment He compares the ride to heaven itself This shows the Renaissance belief that earthly joy is valuable Love Beauty and Emotion Renaissance literature celebrated love beauty passion and emotion In Browning s poems we see many strong emotions Andrea feels regret Fra Lippo wants to feel joy the Duke feels jealousy and the speaker in The Last Ride Together feels hope These emotional expressions show us the Renaissance love for the human heart and its feelings In fine Robert Browning though living in the Victorian age brings out many ideas from the Renaissance period His poems show love for art beauty human ability deep emotions and individual voice He celebrates life passion and personal struggle That is why we can say Browning truly reflects the Renaissance temper in his poems