As you can see in the images, the item frames blocks the light from the torches, creating shadows as if the light couldn't pass through them.
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Let's take the middle chest in the corner. It's light level is 9, just 2 levels above where mobs are starting to spawn.
Oh, I was counting the light level diagonally, but it appears that it's calculated horizontally then vertically. I'm right?
Seeing as you have smooth lighting deactivated naturally light is decreased per block.