a. The undecided style; half Ionic and half Korinthian.
b. The finished style; graceful and rich.
c. The over-decorated style, with strong Ionic forms.
d. The variegated style, with decorative additions of trophies, winged-horses, dolphins, and eagles; half northern and half southern—combining Asiatic with Greek forms.
D. The Doric intermingled with Ionic forms produced in Attica a peculiar order, or rather mere style, neither Doric, nor Ionic, nor Korinthian—a kind of eclectic style which we may very properly call the Attic style. The Erechtheium of Athens was in this style. There are six principal distinctions in this style, which justify us in treating it as totally distinct from those mentioned under A, B and C:—
1. A particular plinth is wanting in the base.
2. Instead of this, a double contraction is transformed into one, united to the common support by means of a strong circular ovolo. The contractura is expressed on a small scale in the base.
3. The shaft is more slender in proportion.
4. The volutes are more projecting.
5. The frieze is considerably higher than it is generally in any of the other orders.