This essay will take as its subject the somewhat feeling-oriented and anti-rationale account of art, which is modern art that is called the Avant-garde, by Jean-François Lyotard. ... Lyotard begins his account of the sublime through the notion of "now". ... Lyotard claims that such a possibility is ensures anxiety, but not only anxiety, it also offers the joy of suspense. ... On this point Lyotard points out that the sublime is a problematic thing to include into a sphere techniques since it is somewhat inexplicable. ... Lyotard's account of avant-garde art is one that is fairl...

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