{"id":4339,"date":"2012-09-13T07:45:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T12:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2012-09-13T07:45:29","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T12:45:29","slug":"prodigal-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4339","title":{"rendered":"PRODIGAL PAINTINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4339 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ccc-11.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ccc-11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ccc-11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ccc-11-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ccc-12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ccc-12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ccc-12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ccc-12-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ps-welcome-center5078-Version-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ps-welcome-center5078-Version-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ps-welcome-center5078-Version-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ps-welcome-center5078-Version-2-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newportmansions.org\">Preservation Society of Newport County<\/a>&#8216;s mission statement is as follows:<\/p>\n<div id=\"section-content\">\n<h1 id=\"ctl00_ctl00_MainContent_SectionNameH1\">Our Mission<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"section-content-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_ctl00_MainContent_MainContent_ContentWrapper\">\n<h2><canvas width=\"94\" height=\"22\"><\/canvas>Mission<canvas width=\"108\" height=\"22\"><\/canvas>Statement<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ctl00_ctl00_MainContent_MainContent_ContentWrapper\">\nGreat Houses connect people to a nation\u2019s heritage and open windows to another age.<\/p>\n<p>The Preservation Society of Newport County is a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect, preserve, and present an exceptional collection of house museums and landscapes in one of the most historically intact cities in America.<\/p>\n<p>We hold in public trust the Newport Mansions which are an integral part of the living fabric of Newport, Rhode Island. These sites exemplify three centuries of the finest achievements in American architecture, decorative arts, and landscape design spanning the Colonial era to the Gilded Age.<\/p>\n<p>Through our historic properties, educational programs, and related activities we engage the public in the story of America\u2019s vibrant cultural heritage.<br \/>\n<em><em><\/em><br \/>\nWe seek to inspire and promote an appreciation of the value of preservation to enrich the lives of people everywhere.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>To that end these two paintings have been returned to their rightful places. We forget so easily that in the fifties and sixties the houses now under the care of the Preservation Society were at risk. ( There were a number of great houses in Newport that were torn down) Since then the efforts to re-assemble the collections housed in these magnificent edifices is the work of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sisyphus\">Sisyphus<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Preservation Society of Newport County&#8216;s mission statement is as follows: Our Mission MissionStatement Great Houses connect people to a nation\u2019s heritage and open windows to another age. The Preservation Society of Newport County is a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect, preserve, and present an exceptional collection of house museums and landscapes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4339\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PRODIGAL PAINTINGS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1454],"tags":[2454,2601],"class_list":["post-4339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-preservation-society-of-newport-county","tag-newport","tag-preservation-society-of-newport-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4343,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions\/4343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}