Benutzerspezifische Werkzeuge

Fellows und Mitarbeitende des ZI sowie Gastwissenschaftlerinnen und Gastwissenschaftler berichten über laufende Arbeiten. Die offene Form des Workshops ermöglicht eine intensive Diskussion.

Knowledge is rarely perpetuated identically. It is enriched, impoverished or redefined over time. This body of knowledge forms a common basis for the practice of the profession. Its transmission has a dual objective: to preserve old practices while encouraging the spread of new methods. Knowledge is transferred orally in the workshop, where the learner makes the gesture his own, but also in written form. In France under the Ancien Régime, the guild guaranteed the conditions and quality of apprentice training. The abolition of guilds brought with it the end of this regulated apprenticeship. The conditions of knowledge and aptitude required to practice a trade gradually declined. In the second half of the 19th century, this loss of knowledge led to many questions about the need to reform apprenticeships.

Presented as being reserved for young people with a good primary education who could draw with ease, the upholsterer's trade required, in addition to agile hands, a keen sense of taste. After several centuries of oral transmission and secrecy, the authors formalized the workshop's gestures, describing and establishing the principles of the trade community. How were upholsterers' practices formalized, and to what extent do manuals reflect technical developments? These themes are the gateways to our current research project at the Zenralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte.