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I believe i would have liked to live in Italy at this tim, and have been an artist.
* Amazing Pay
* Great demand for art
* Respect for the artist

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Churches were the number one art buyers.  The Catholic Church uses images and sculptures to tell biblical stories.

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Donatello lived mainly in Florence due to the popularity of art commissions in the early renaissance.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qba1faCNl1I

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Between 1415 and 1426, Donatello created five statues for the campanile or bell tower of the Florence Cathedral in Italy. This work is most famous of the five campanile statuesand considered one of the most important marble sculptures of the 15th century. Though it is not known with certainty, many believe that it depicts the Biblical figure Habakkukwhich is why it is also known as the Statue of the Prophet Habakkuk. The popular name for the statue Zuccone means pumpkin and comes from the fact that the figure is bald. The statue is known for its realism and naturalism and it is said that it was Donatello’s favorite and he used to swear by the sculpture, “By the faith I place in my Zuccone.”

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Donatelos work was greatly influenced by Classical Roman artwork. Over time he developed his own art style, veering more towards a gothic art style.

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Donatello was educated at the home of the Martellis, a wealthy and influential Florentine family of bankers and art patrons closely tied to the Medici family. It was here that Donatello probably first received artistic training from a local goldsmith. He learned metallurgy and the fabrication of metals and other substances. In 1403, he apprenticed with Florence metalsmith and sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti. A few years later, Ghiberti was commissioned to create the bronze doors for the Baptistery of the Florence Cathedral, beating out rival artist Filippo Brunelleschi. Donatello assisted Ghiberti in creating the cathedral doors.

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He was the son of Niccolo di Betto Bardi, a member of the Florentine Wool Combers Guild. This gave young Donatello status as the son of a craftsman and placed him on a path of working in the trades.

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http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Donatello.html

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Born in Florence, Italy, around 1386, sculptor Donatello apprenticed early with well-known sculptors and quickly learned the Gothic style. Before he was 20, he was receiving commissions for his work. Over his career he developed a style of lifelike, highly emotional sculptures and a reputation second only to Michelangelo's.

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Donatello was a sculptor during the Renaissance, the creator of David. The work was commissioned by Cosimo de’Medici for the Palazzo Medici, but we do not know when during the mid-fifteenth century Donatello cast it.  It was originally placed on top of a pedestal in the center of the courtyard in the Palazzo Medici.