%0 Book
%A Maximilian Hartmuth
%D 2024
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 2640-754X
%@ 9783631909836
%T The Kaiser's Mosques
%B Islamic Architecture and Orientalizing Style in Habsburg Bosnia, 1878–1918
%R 10.3726/b21270
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1376928
%X This book highlights an understudied experiment at the intersection of 19th-century European and Islamic architectural histories. It draws attention to a body of buildings designed by architects trained in Central Europe for use by Muslims in Habsburg-ruled Bosnia-Herzegovina (1878-1918). They include mosques, madrasas, and other buildings corresponding to a traditional Islamic formal and functional typology. The composition and decoration, however, is the product of 19th-century European Historicist conduct. It became a prominent style for town halls and private residences; on occasion, it was also used for railway stations, schools, or hotels. The spread and concentration of buildings in this style in Bosnia is extraordinary. This monography not only fills a gap in an art history that has long turned a blind eye to Europe’s Southeast but also contributes to our understanding of European powers’ historical responses to the challenge of cultural diversity in territories under their control.
%K architecture, Austria, Habsburg empire, Bosnia-Herzegovina, history, Art history
%G English