American Beauty

Hi everyone, I'm a fall 2016 applicant, and I'm planning to definitely apply to 4 particular PhD programs right now. I am currently a senior at Swarthmore College, and I have very good GRE scores, a high GPA, solid recommendation letters, and a substantial honors thesis I've almost completed. I am interested in studying early 20th century American painting, particularly the Ashcan school and other artists on its periphery. I also recently have become more interested in American popular films as well, and my thesis is on a reading of Edward Hopper and the 1999 film American Beauty. The one area I'm really worried about is my language experience. I have a good reading and writing knowledge of Spanish, but that's it. I am planning to study French next summer so that I will be prepared to take an exam for it my first semester at grad school. I have read on some schools' websites as well as on here that having reading knowledge of French and German is really important, so I was wondering if my chances will be really hurt by not having that experience yet. Knowing that I'm interested in studying American art, will it be ok if I don't have French and German yet? Should I apply to more safety schools? What has your experience been with how much emphasis is actually put on having French and German experience before you are admitted? Thanks for your help.