Does Richard Long’s Art teach us to aesthetically appreciate nature?

The question I ask in this paper is whether some works of art could teach us to aesthetically appreciate nature. The first part of the article presents the current debate in analytical aesthetics on appreciation of nature, and examines Allen Carlson thesis that only natural sciences, and not art, teach us to appreciate natural beauty. The second part analyzes Carlson’s rejection of art, and focuses in his reasons for rejecting landscape painting. The third part proposes the work by Richard Long as an art that cannot be rejected by Carlson arguments, and it is defended that this art can teach us to aesthetically appreciate nature.