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Most were painted with tempera, using a gesso ground with bright colors, but contemporary retablos are often painted on tin.
For example, Durand and Massey have compiled and written about the many retablos to the Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos in Mexico.
Women have created religious folk art, such as santos (saints), retablos (religious paintings), straw appliqué crosses, and tinwork.
See also Altars; Camposanto; Descansos; Día de los Muertos; Nacimiento; Retablos; -Santos
Other retablos may be painted in gratitude for something gained or accomplished but not because a vow was made.