# the sublime, the picturesque and the beautiful **Opening (not a real abstract):** In Chapter 2, we noted that eighteenth-century talk about appreciation of nature was dominated by three concepts: the sublime, the picturesque, and the beautiful. These concepts were later eclipsed by the notion of the aesthetic and in the years since have theorists, being often viewed as having no more than historical interest. Recently, however, there has been renewed interest in all three notions, with some arguing that they deserve a more significant role in our thinking about the aesthetics of nature. In this chapter, we explore some of these reappraisals and their relevance for issues regarding the aesthetic value of nature. **Authors:** [[Parsons]]