White ribbons on chairs in Brescia classroom night

Orange firelight falls across rows of empty wooden chairs inside an art classroom in Brescia. White ribbons wrap tightly around the chair backs, their paper texture catching the flickering warmth. Pale plaster walls show dried paint splatters in red and blue, standing against the dim background. Cool gray tones from the heavy overcast night outside seep into the corners where the firelight does not reach. Charcoal dust rests on the floor beside a discarded eraser near the front of the room. The ribbons hang down along the chair legs, creating vertical lines against the shadowed floorboards.