Between the hand-woven tapestry art of classical antiquity and that of the Thirteenth century however, a long period of darkness and artistic void intervened in western culture, and for over a thousand years weavers were content to leave the marking of large wall paintings to artists and embroiderers.
Then, in the early Thirteenth and Fourteenth century, Gothic art appeared in woven tapestry art with it’s unique form of religious mystery and romance to fascinate the viewer.
Their hand-woven tapestry art was intensely personal, intensely human, and overall intensely spiritual. The tapestry art created at that time was the work of men permeated with religious consciousness and with the warm comprehension of the omnipresence of their God.
Woven tapestry art is one of the most effective forms of literary expression the world has ever known. 
Weaving for hospitals, chapels or other non-denominational settings has to meet some special requirements; the design must be inspirational but not carry the iconography of any specific religious group; ideas such as peace, strength, healing, love and care are popular themes in these settings.