Best Early Modern Europe programs with good funding?

[ArtHistoryHopeful2018]

I'm currently in a bachelors program for Art History in the south. It's not a very well-known school yet, but I know others from my program have been admitted to very good grad schools. I'm trying to get a little ahead of the game with my research on grad schools, I likely won't be graduating until May 2018 due to having a minor as well. I've got a very good overall GPA, and an even higher GPA within my major, and I'm about to do a semester abroad at a very prestigious school so I feel pretty good about my ability to get into grad schools. My main worry, however, is funding. There are no schools close enough for me to commute that seem to have good Art History programs and I don't have anyone who can help me pay for school. I know that I will need to move for grad school, possibly quite far away from my family, so I'm very open about locations. My focus is Early Modern Europe, and if I have to get more specific, Baroque art, and I was wondering which programs you would recommend for this focus that have good funding? I am looking for a PhD program, as I would like to be a professor, but I would certainly be interested in looking to start with a funded masters program as well. However, I know that I would be happy staying in the south to teach and not teaching at one of the top schools, so being more likely to find work at a 'top' school is not a requirement for me.

Edited August 23, 2016 by B00kw0rm

[condivi]

Not even most people from Harvard or Columbia find work at a "top school," so aim as high as you can. Most PhD programs are funded, at least for five years; do not go to a non-funded program. Unfortunately, there aren't too many people who specialize in Baroque art at top programs, but they some people out there. Keep in mind you could also work with Renaissance specialists. As you decide, think about these questions: Whose work do you admire? Whose methodological perspective and theoretical concerns align with yours? Are you interested in Northern or Southern Europe? Check out the faculty pages at various programs. See whose work speaks to you. Read a lot, and be ready to articulate a coherent research program in your personal statement. Do you have any languages? If not, begin asap, in whatever area you're most interested. Most importantly, talk to your current professors. They'll be able to guide you. 

[condivi]

Actually, now that I think about it, there are plenty of baroque specialists at top programs: Nicola Suthor at Yale, Felipe Pereda at Harvard, Todd Olson at Berkeley, Diane Bodart at Columbia, among others...