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May 20, 2012

changeable adj.: labile

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The beautiful show of Guercino drawings reminds you, moreover, how labile reputation can be. Guercino was one of those 17th century Italian artists who sank under the weight of an earlier age’s revival [i.e., the Renaissance]. (Robert Hughes, review of Guercino, Time International, 7/13/1992, p. 49.)

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