A small boxwood board, a silver drawing point, and a twelve-year-old boy beginning his apprenticeship in Renaissance Florence. Before he can paint a face, there are years of colors to grind, wooden panels to prepare, and gold leaf to lay. You can leave the workshop whenever sleep finds you. The work will still be there in the morning. · · · Tonight: We enter a modest painter's workshop in fifteenth-century Florence and follow a young apprentice through the ordinary routines of learning his trade. There are pigments made from earth and precious stones, brushes fashioned from squirrel hair, wooden panels coated with plaster, and gold leaf carefully laid by hand. We learn how Renaissance painters prepared their colors, painted faces with egg tempera, and decorated the walls of small chapels. As the years pass, the apprentice becomes a skilled painter himself, and eventually another young boy arrives to learn the same patient craft. · · · If these quiet journeys through history have become part of your evenings, follow the show so another one will be waiting whenever you need it. A rating or a few words, whenever you happen to, helps another tired listener find a peaceful place to end the day. Narration on this channel is AI-assisted. The research, writing, and shaping of each evening are done by hand. Sleep well, friend. · · · #SleepStory #HistoryForSleep #RenaissanceFlorence #RenaissanceArt #BedtimeStoryForAdults #FallAsleepToHistory #RelaxingHistory #TheSleepkeeper

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