Complex sentence: She studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence, and in 2001 completed a PhD degree at the University of London, researching the illustrations in Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy".
Split into simpler sentences: She studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence. In 2001, Owens received a PhD from the University of London, where she focused on researching the illustrations in Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy".