Design Costume designer Lindy Hemming described the Joker’s look as reflecting his personality‚ in that "he doesn’t care about himself at all"; she avoided designing him as a vagrant‚ but still made him appear to be "scruffier‚ grungier‚" so that "when you see him move‚ he’s slightly twitchier or edgy."[20][31][31] Nolan noted‚ "We gave a Francis Bacon spin to [his face]. This corruption‚ this decay in the texture of the look itself. It’s grubby. You can almost imagine what he smells like."[99] In
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the Medieval Knight by David Edge and John Miles Paddock is an extremely great overview of the development of the knights’ armor and weapons‚ covering the evolution of the knight from the eleventh century all the way to the sixteenth century. The novel also shows illustrations of the weapons and armor that the knights used so the reader can get a better understanding of the material. On top of covering armor‚ weapons‚ and the evolution of the knight the book goes over the role of a knight and how a
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The Poor Knights of the Temple of Solomon‚ which was later called the Knights Templar‚ was founded by a French Knight named Hughes de Payens. Hughes had taken religious vows upon the death of his wife. He was known to have been an austere man and had deeply held spiritual value‚ humility‚ and had uncompromising valor. He was almost fifty years old when he founded the Order; he was a veteran of the First Crusade who had spent twenty-two years of his life east of Europe. Hughes‚ along with eight other
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The Knights role in Medieval Times centered around enhancing their knightly skills in the use of weapons‚ horsemanship and medieval warfare. The Medieval Knights Armor was extremely expensive to produce. It had to be tailor-made to fit the Knight exactly or the Knight ran the risk of an ill-fitting suit of armor hampering him in battle. A Medieval Knight’s Armor was a complex series of garments‚ chain mail‚ and iron plate. The warhorse‚ often a destroyer‚ was favored by the Knight on a horse. The
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The medieval knight began training at the age of eight‚ which was when he was sent to a nearby castle to become a page. Although the household would saddle him with considerable domestic duties‚ the boy was expected to master wrestling‚ horsemanship‚ and fighting with both spear and sword. A page-in-training practiced ceaselessly by attacking a dummy with a shield‚ which was hung on a wooden pole. when the page hit the shield with his weapon‚ the device could easily spin around and maim him unless
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For six centuries the medieval knight dominated the battlefield and influenced the Western world greatly. The armored‚ mounted warrior‚ born in Middle Ages‚ revolutionized warfare and became the foundation of the new political structure known as feudalism. The Church put the medieval knight to the ultimate test-the First Crusade of 1095. The Church‚ which Christianized almost all of the knights‚ gave them a very high status in society‚ one that was sought after even by kings and princes. In the end
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Why were the Knights Templar persecuted? They were a major force in the Crusades and protected Christian pilgrims from being slaughtered during their long travels. They also had one of the largest banking systems in Europe during the height of their Order. Several countries considered them to be useful to them and they were on good terms with many royal families. So if they were such a reputable Order of Knights‚ why were they almost completely wiped out? After the First Crusade in 1100 A.D‚ several
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Evaluation of The Dark Knight The Dark Knight is one of the greatest movies of our time. Laremy Legel called Christopher Nolan’s‚ The Dark Knight‚ a masterwork (Dillon Michell‚ "The Dark Knight"). The Dark Knight won plenty of awards: Best Achievement in Sound Editing‚ Cinematography‚ Film Editing in Oscar; Movie of the Year in AFI Award; Top Box Office Film in ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards‚ and so on. The Dark Knight is a film that was so popular and all around loved that it merits evaluation
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samurai but if you want protection and respect then marry a knight. During the Middle Ages in Feudal Japan and in Europe samurai and knights were two of the bravest warriors. It is important to compare these two because you can see who is more respectful or more powerful. Samurai were sent to defeat barbarians in Northern Honshu. Samurai worked for landowners and offered them protection and loyalty in exchange for land and rights. Knights lived in their lord’s castle because they protected their
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killing the Oscars as something to be excited about…Which brings me to The Dark Knight Rises. The Dark Knight Rises is a brilliant movie and‚ unless The Life of Pi does the complete opposite of what I expect it to do‚ it will be my favourite movie of 2012. The Dark Knight Rises‚ predecessor leaves us at Harvey Dents Death as two face‚ and 2 awards‚ unfortunately not the one for the best movie‚ let’s see if the Dark Knight Rises breaks
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